US 12,391,381 B2
Drone delivery improvements
Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US); and Maya Amitabha Spielman, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US); and Maya Amitabha Spielman, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/140,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,315, filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229811 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/12 (2013.01) [B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of delivering goods, comprising the steps of:
providing a drone, wherein the drone is configured for vertical and horizontal flight;
providing a customer interface for purchasing a product by a customer;
wherein the product consists essentially of cannabis, prescription pills or medicine, and wherein the product is configured not to cause injury to the customer or to the product itself when dropped from a height of at least 10 feet and up to 100 feet;
purchasing, by the customer using the customer interface, the product;
selecting and/or accepting, by the customer using the customer interface, a drop zone location;
at a base location, placing the product within a packaging configured to be transported by the drone, wherein the drop zone location and the base location are different locations;
wherein the product including the packaging is less than 1.0 pound;
at the base location, securing the packaging to the drone, wherein the drone is configured to release the packaging by a release mechanism, the release mechanism at least partially attached to the drone;
flying the drone carrying the packaging with the product from the base location to the drop zone location;
hovering the drone at a predetermined height above the drop zone location;
confirming with the customer to release the product through the customer interface;
wherein the step of confirming with the customer to release the product is performed when the drone has reached the drop zone location or after the drone has reached the drop zone location;
releasing the packaging by the release mechanism allowing the packaging with the product to drop down from the predetermined height to a ground level; and
flying the drone back to the base location to repeat the method of delivering goods.