Inflatable packaging for use with UAV
AssigneeWing Aviation LLC
InventorsClark Sopper, Adam Woodworth
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Abstract
An inflatable package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle including an inflatable exterior chamber, a first inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber, an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber, and a handle on the inflatable exterior chamber for securing the inflatable package enclosure to the aerial vehicle, wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the first inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber.
Claims20
An inflatable package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle, the inflatable package enclosure comprising:
- an inflatable exterior chamber;
- an inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber;
- and
- an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber;
- wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber;
- wherein air is capable of being channeled through an air duct in the aerial vehicle when the inflatable package enclosure is secured to the aerial vehicle, as the aerial vehicle moves through the air;
- and
- wherein the air duct is in communication with the inflation valve as the aerial vehicle moves through the air to provide active pressurization of the inflatable exterior chamber.
A method of securing a package for delivery with an aerial vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- providing an inflatable package enclosure comprising:
- an inflatable exterior chamber;
- a first inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber;
- and
- an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber;
- wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the first inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber;
- wherein air is channeled through an air duct in the aerial vehicle as the aerial vehicle moves through the air;
- and
- wherein the air duct is in communication with the inflation valve as the aerial vehicle moves through the air to provide active pressurization of the inflatable exterior chamber;
- positioning a package to be delivered within the first inner cavity;
- inflating the inflatable exterior chamber such that inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to be delivered;
- securing the inflatable package enclosure to the aerial vehicle;
- and
- delivering the package with the aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.