US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Feb. 4 for "Propeller restraint kits for turboprop aircraft" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,899, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Propeller restraint kits for turboprop aircraft" was invented by Russell Ray Schrock (Wichita, Kan.) and Michael Earl Lee (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Propeller restraint kits for turboprop aircraft are provided which include at least one, and preferably a pair, of propeller restraint systems. Each propeller restraint system will preferably include an open-ended propeller restraint boot that may be formed of a flexible and durable fabric material which is sized and configured for placement over the tip of a propeller blade. A cowling ...