US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Oct. 21 for "Dual purpose vehicle" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,782, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Dual purpose vehicle" was invented by Isaac Sands (Ossian, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jammer which eliminates the need for a bobtail in a forward deployment. The jammer has an outwardly extending boom with a table at the distal end of the boom. The table can mount upwardly extending cradles suitable for temporarily holding cargo, such as a munition, during transport and positioning on the underside of an aircraft wing. The table also holds an upstanding pintle hook. The pintle hoo...