US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Oct. 7 for "Loader vehicle locking device and method of using" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,839, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Loader vehicle locking device and method of using" was invented by Stephen Larsen (JB Andrews, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device for securing a 463L pallet and cargo to the floor of an aircraft. The pallet has protrusions extending outwardly and generally parallel to the floor. The aircraft also have a longitudinally extending rails with spaced rail locks which are manually insertable and retractable. The locking device has opposed edges with recesses on one edge and notches ...