ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,813, issued on March 11, was assigned to THOR INDUSTRIES LTD (Teffont, Great Britain).

"Payload delivery device" was invented by Lee Thornhill (Salisbury, Great Britain), Alistair Wragg (Salisbury, Great Britain) and Fergus Duncan (Salisbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a payload delivery device. The payload delivery device is configured for delivering an explosive component. The payload delivery device comprises a first module having an interior cavity for containing an explosive component. The payload delivery device further comprises at least one attachment module connected to the central modu...