US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 30 for "Line-handling improvement and retrofit kit for a submersible conveyance" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,116, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Line-handling improvement and retrofit kit for a submersible conveyance" was invented by Daniel Troy Renfroe (Temecula, Calif.) and Martin John Stacy (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A line-handling retrofit kit for improving a submersible conveyance includes a mounting skid, a pair of storage containers, respective pliable caps for the storage containers, a line, and a hook configured to be held in a gripper. A respective pliable cap covers a mouth of each storage container and applies a drag on the ...