ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,078, issued on Oct. 7.
"Flying conveyor device" was invented by Pin-Hua Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The flying conveyor device includes a drone and a conveying module. The drone includes a frame body and a plurality of aeronautic units. The frame body defines a frame hole. The aeronautic units are connected to and are spaced apart angularly around the frame body. The conveying module is connected to the drone, and includes a conveying duct connected to the frame body and having a top duct open end connected to the frame body and spatially communicated with the frame hole, a bottom duct open end lower than th...