US Patent Issued to FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION on May 12 for "Drone adapter for dropping spoon-based devices" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,780, issued on May 12, was assigned to FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION INC. (Pensacola, Fla.).

"Drone adapter for dropping spoon-based devices" was invented by John Carff (Pensacola, Fla.) and Matthew Johnson (Pensacola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method allowing spoon-based devices to be carried and dropped by a drone. The preferred embodiments are adapted for use with a drone having a retracting drop shaft release mechanism. First and second adapter portions are provided. These clamp around the body of a spoon-based device and hold the spoon-based device. The lower regions of the first and sec...