US Patent Issued to DroneUp on Aug. 26 for "Payload delivery and drop device for unmanned aerial vehicle for automatic release upon surface contact" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,912, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DroneUp LLC (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Payload delivery and drop device for unmanned aerial vehicle for automatic release upon surface contact" was invented by John W. Evans II (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a payload delivery and drop device for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and method of its use are described. An apparatus includes a moveable collar defining a lumen having a centerline, and a rigid bar that has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the rigid bar has a centerline and the second portion of the rigid bar has a centerline. The seco...