US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL COLLINS on Nov. 25 for "Aircraft survival kit glider" (Connecticut, Texas, Vermont, Iowa, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,574, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROCKWELL COLLINS INC. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Aircraft survival kit glider" was invented by Casey Husband (Burlington, Vt.), Julia Francesca Santos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Grace Elizabeth Cooke (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Allison Tewksbury (Portland, Conn.), Nathan Van Schaick (Marion, Iowa), Alex James Niner (Wylie, Texas) and John L Hampton (Bradenton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supply glider is disclosed herein. The supply glider includes a body having a first end and a second end, the body being configured to be coupled to a host aircraft, a container disposed between the first end and th...