Delivery system with chassis and flexible wrap for aerially delivering one or more packets
AssigneeKairos Autonomi
InventorGeorge A. Takach, Jr.
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Abstract
A delivery system for aerially delivering one or more packets includes a chassis, coupleable to or formed as part of an aerial vehicle capable of maneuvering the delivery system aerially. At least one flexible wrap is operable to at least partially encompass at least one packet to releasably retain the packet relative to the chassis. A release mechanism is carried by the chassis and a portion of the flexible wrap operably coupled to the release mechanism such that activation of the release mechanism causes the packet to unravel from the wrap to deploy the packet.
Claims20
A delivery system for aerially delivering one or more packets, the system comprising:
- a chassis, coupleable to or formed as part of an aerial vehicle capable of maneuvering the delivery system aerially;
- at least one flexible wrap operable to at least partially encompass at least one packet to releasably retain the packet relative to the chassis;
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- a release mechanism, carried by the chassis, a portion of the flexible wrap operably coupled to the release mechanism such that activation of the release mechanism causes the packet to unravel from the wrap to deploy the packet.
A delivery system for aerially delivering one or more packets, the system comprising:
- a chassis, coupleable to or formed as part of an aerial vehicle capable of maneuvering the delivery system aerially;
- at least one stretchable and flexible wrap formed from cloth and operable to circumscribe in a plurality of layers at least one packet to releasably retain the packet relative to the chassis;
- a release mechanism, carried by the chassis, a portion of the flexible wrap operably coupled to the release mechanism such that activation of the release mechanism causes the packet to unravel from the wrap to deploy the packet, the release mechanism being remotely activatable;
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- a tether, coupled between the chassis and at least a portion of the packet, the tether operable to maintain connection between the chassis and the at least a portion of the packet after deployment of the packet;
- wherein the packet includes a grenade and wherein the at least a portion of the packet to which the tether is coupled includes a safety pin of the grenade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.