Patent ID: 9536216
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65B,B65D,G01C,G01S,G05D,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method to deliver a product using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising: receiving, from a personal electronic device of a customer, a request to deliver the product; receiving location information indicating a delivery destination for the product; calculating a drop height above the delivery destination from which the product is to be dropped, the drop height being based at least in part upon a nature of the product, a nature of the package, and a nature of the delivery destination; determining, based at least in part on the calculated drop height, a package to provide protection for the product; inserting the product and an expanding foam into a mold form; forming the package around the product using the expanding foam and the mold form; attaching the package to a package holding device of the UAV; and dispatching the UAV to the calculated drop height above the delivery destination.