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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Steven Lewis, Bentonville, AR (US);
Matthew Dwain Biermann, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Kevin Matthew Charles, Bentonville, AR (US);
Assignee:
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 29/14 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); A47G 29/20 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 29/141 (2013.01); A47G 29/20 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); A47G 2029/145 (2013.01); A47G 2029/147 (2013.01); A47G 2200/223 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A landing pad receptacle receives and stores a package delivered by an unmanned vehicle, comprising: a housing; a storage compartment in the housing; and a validation device that detects a presence of a package delivered by a unmanned vehicle in the storage compartment and authenticates a package for return by a unmanned vehicle.