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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
William Worden Cleary, Pasadena, CA (US);
John A. Skorupa, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Ty F. Bonnar, Simi Valley, CA (US);
William Worden Cleary, Pasadena, CA (US);
John A. Skorupa, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Ty F. Bonnar, Simi Valley, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods associated with the aerial delivery of materials in a manner that is inexpensive, accurate, efficient, and effective. More specifically this disclosure teaches deploying an aerial delivery container holding some material from an aircraft and releasing the material from the aerial delivery container, all in a controlled manner, while the aerial delivery container is airborne. With reference to the exemplary embodiments, the apparatuses, systems and methods of the present disclosure are taught within the context of releasing a firefighting suppressant over a fire.