US Patent Issued to Valqari Holdings on Jan. 20 for "Landing pad for unmanned aerial vehicle delivery" (Illinois, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,599, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Valqari Holdings LLC (Lombard, Ill.).

"Landing pad for unmanned aerial vehicle delivery" was invented by Ryan Walsh (Aurora, Ill.) and Alex J. Falesch (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing pad receives and stores packages delivered from an aerial vehicle or awaiting pickup from an aerial vehicle. The landing pad can be placed outside of a window and can contain a transmitter for sending out an identification signal via radio frequency to aid aerial vehicles in finding the landing pad. The landing pad contains a landing platform with a trapdoor that leads to a storage compartmen...