US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on Dec. 9 for "Methods and systems for delivering or accepting a parcel at a rooftop via an aerial vehicle" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,099, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Methods and systems for delivering or accepting a parcel at a rooftop via an aerial vehicle" was invented by Julio Gil (Atlanta), Julian Bell (Atlanta) and Jared Nauert (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed herein relates to a rooftop platform to facilitate a delivery of a parcel by an aerial vehicle. The rooftop platform may comprise an elevator apparatus at least partially accessible via the rooftop platform. The rooftop platform may also comprise a rotatable turntable mounted to the rooftop platform. The rotatable tur...