US 12,333,477 B2
Delivery of food items by aerial or ground drones to and from delivery vehicles
Joshua Gouled Goldberg, San Bruno, CA (US)
Assigned to Congruens Group, LLC, San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed by Congruens Group, LLC, San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,276.
Application 18/484,276 is a division of application No. 16/696,537, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,816,624.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/771,870, filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037490 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/30 (2025.01); G08G 5/56 (2025.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01) [B64D 9/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/30 (2025.01); G08G 5/56 (2025.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking station for a food item preparation and delivery vehicle, the docking station comprising:
a base affixed to a roof or a sidewall of a cargo area of a vehicle; and
one or more docks, each of the one or more docks coupled to a transfer mechanism to receive prepared food items from the cargo area of the vehicle, the one or more docks configured to:
provide a secure docking mechanism to a plurality of drones configured to deliver the prepared food items from a delivery destination of the vehicle to a plurality of delivery locations;
transfer the food items received from the cargo area of the vehicle as payloads to the plurality of drones; and
provide a launching mechanism for the plurality of drones,
wherein the one or more docks comprise at least one food delivery port.