Directed delivery system
OwnerClinton Graeme BURCHATinventor
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Abstract
A directed delivery system for drone delivery of an item to a location. The directed delivery system includes a receptacle to receive the item at the location, a container to receive the delivered item spaced some distance from the container in the vertical plane. A conduit lies between the receptacle and the containers that directs the item from one to the other minimizing the risk of damage during travel. Drone delivery of the item to the location is so that the item is received in the receptacle, and directed by the conduit to the container at the desired delivery point with minimal impact.
Claims19
1-20. (canceled)
A directed delivery system, for drone delivery of an item to a location, the directed delivery system including:
- a receptacle to receive the item at the location, and the drone delivery includes alignment with the correct receptacle within the GPS location and including a plurality of location means about the perimeter of the receptacle to specifically define where the item is to be placed, the location means being in communication with the drone such that the drone can align to the correct receptacle before release of the item within;
- a securable container to receive the delivered item, spaced some distance from the receptacle, in substantially the vertical plane;
- a conduit between the receptacle and the container that directs the item from one to the other minimising the risk of damage during travel, the conduit including a spiral arrangement which directs the movement of the item between the receptacle and the container, and one or more controlled gates, controlled in response to the delivery of the item by the drone, to direct the item into the correct container,
- wherein drone delivery of the item to the location is so that the item is received in the receptacle within the perimeter defined by the location means, and directed through the spiral arrangement, and through the gates to the correct container at the desired delivery point with minimal impact to the item.
A method of directed drone delivery for receipt of an item to a location comprising:
- a) providing a directed delivery system, for drone delivery of an item to a location, the directed delivery system including:
- a receptacle to receive the item at the location, and the drone delivery includes alignment with the correct receptacle within the GPS location and including a plurality of location means about the perimeter of the receptacle to specifically define where the item is to be placed, the location means being in communication with the drone such that the drone can align to the correct receptacle before release of the item within;
- a securable container to receive the delivered item, spaced some distance from the receptacle, in substantially the vertical plane;
- a conduit between the receptacle and the container that directs the item from one to the other minimising the risk of damage during travel, the conduit including a spiral arrangement which directs the movement of the item between the receptacle and the container, and one or more controlled gates, controlled in response to the delivery of the item by the drone, to direct the item into the correct container,
- wherein drone delivery of the item to the location is so that the item is received in the receptacle within the perimeter defined by the location means, and directed through the spiral arrangement, and through the gates to the correct container at the desired delivery point with minimal impact to the item;
- b) receiving an item in the receptacle;
- c) directing the item via the conduit in a controlled manner;
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- d) containing the item at the delivery point, ready for retrieval by the user, if authorised to do so.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.