US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Oct. 7 for "System for reducing high fall stunt injuries when using an airbag" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,087, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System for reducing high fall stunt injuries when using an airbag" was invented by William Vincent McGehee (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for optimizing an energy exerted on a performer falling from an elevated platform and impacting an airbag. A system is configured to determine a weight of the performer to fall from the elevated platform toward the airbag, measure a distance between the elevated platform and the airbag, and set an air pressure of the airbag ba...