US Patent Issued to LTAG SYSTEMS on April 15 for "Stabilization and reinforcement of balloons during rapid filling" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,516, issued on April 15, was assigned to LTAG SYSTEMS LLC (Bow, N.H.).

"Stabilization and reinforcement of balloons during rapid filling" was invented by Jonathan T. Slocum (Bow, N.H.) and Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a system for launching an aircraft may include an inflatable structure including a balloon and a neck collectively defining a volume; a drain valve including a funnel and a stem coupled to one another, the funnel defining a cavity at least partially disposed in the volume of the inflatable structure, the stem defining a channel and a slot in fluid communication wi...