US Patent Issued to Paratec North America on Aug. 5 for "Device and method for delaying the opening of a parachute and a parachute system" (French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,991, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Paratec North America Inc. (Pinebluff, N.C.).

"Device and method for delaying the opening of a parachute and a parachute system" was invented by Stefan Ertler (Neunkirchen les Bouzonville, France) and Jens Klaudtky (Magdeburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for delaying the opening of a parachute of a person jumping exiting an aircraft or of a cargo dropped from an aircraft, characterized by a delaying means designed to provide a connection between a drogue parachute connectable with a detachable connection to the aircraft and a parachute bridal line, said delaying means being mo...