ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,145, issued on March 25, was assigned to Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Suspended load stability systems and methods" was invented by Derek Sikora (Denver), Caleb B. Carr (Commerce City, Colo.) and Logan Goodrich (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Load stability systems and methods for stabilizing swinging motions of suspended loads. The load stability systems include a fully automated, self-powered device that employs thrust to counteract and control lateral and rotational motion of an external load. The device is a temporary installment on the load, cable, or boom, and is agnostic to the platform ...