ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,779, issued on May 20, was assigned to Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"On-board power and remote power for suspended load control apparatuses, systems, and methods" was invented by Derek Sikora (Denver), Caleb B. Carr (Denver) and Joe Hankin (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Load control apparatuses, systems and methods to control a location, orientation, or rotation of a suspended load by imparting thrust with thrusters. The load control apparatuses, systems and method comprise an on-board power supply, a remote power supply, and a power control module. The power control module may distribute a pulse...