ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,169, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Package loading mechanism" was invented by Andre Prager (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A payload retrieval apparatus including a stand having an upper end and a lower end, a channel having a first end and a second end, the channel coupled to the stand, a first extension that extends in a first direction from the first end of the channel, wherein the first extension is configured to direct a tether extending from a UAV and a payload retriever attached to an end of the tether toward the first end of the channel, wherein the second end of ...