US Patent Issued to Wing Aviation on Nov. 11 for "Payload receiver apparatus with payload platform and tether engager for use with a UAV" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,557, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Payload receiver apparatus with payload platform and tether engager for use with a UAV" was invented by Andre Prager (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Ivan Qiu (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A payload receiver apparatus including a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the extending member, wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first tether e...