Patent SG-11201811012V-A (SG)
Title: Containers for aerial drone transport of materials, objects, or products
Inventor: STOMAN KARIN
IPC: B64D1/22
Filed: 2017-10-31
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 17 May 2018 (17.05.2018) WIPO I PCT omit VIII °nolo III imionoi liflom oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/089236 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B64D 1/22 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/059411 (22) International Filing Date: 31 October 2017 (31.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/421,205 11 November 2016 (11.11.2016) US (71) Applicant: INGAR LLC [US/US]; Attn: STOMAN, Karin, 2600 E Southlake Blvd, Ste 120, Box 282, Southlake, Texas 76092 (US). (72) Inventor: STOMAN, Karin; 2600 E Southlake Blvd, Ste 120, Box 282, Southlake, Texas 76092 (US). (74) Agent: FARRELL, Mark et al.; 9116 E Sprague Ave #384, Timberline Patent Law Group PLLC, Spokane, Washington 99206 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: CONTAINERS FOR AERIAL DRONE TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS, OBJECTS, OR PRODUCTS 112 110 FIG 1 (57) : A container for aerial drone transport includes a main body; a lid; a plurality of aerial drone grip elements organized in an aerial drone grip configuration; a plurality of visual aerial drone orientation markers carried by at least one external surface at prede- termined locations relative to the plurality of aerial drone grip elements, which define a pickup orientation; and a first machine-readable code indicating a container serial number, container dimensions, weight carrying capacity, and/or the aerial drone grip configuration. The container can also include a second machine-readable code indicating a target aerial drone delivery address. The container can include an RFID tag, and a sensing unit configured for sensing different types of signals. The container can be securely closed by closure mechanisms, including an elastic band structure having knob elements that can be inserted into and securely retained by aperture structures having two different cross-sectional areas. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/089236 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOMMEHOIMIMEOMEHOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))