US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL COLLINS on March 18 for "Replaceable parachute container flaps" (Colorado, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,258, issued on March 18, was assigned to ROCKWELL COLLINS INC. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Replaceable parachute container flaps" was invented by Christopher Thistlethwaite (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Ronald John McCumber (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and John Fox (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parachute retention system may include a container and a replaceable flap. The container can be attached to a vehicle and can hold a parachute. The container may have a first attachment member. A replaceable flap may have a second attachment member that connects to the first attachment member and that has a flexible barrier portion...