US Patent Issued to Zipline International on Nov. 25 for "Payload container for parachute delivery systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,576, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Zipline International Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Payload container for parachute delivery systems" was invented by Ethan C. Anderson (Redwood City, Calif.), Lauren E. Lacey (Redwood City, Calif.) and Wilmer A. Baron (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Containers and parachutes for payloads to be delivered via an aerial delivery system are disclosed. In one example, a system for aerial delivery of a payload includes a parachute having a canopy, a plurality of legs extending from the canopy, one or more attachment features arranged on an end of the legs. The system also includ...