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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamil Nadu, IN;

Inventors:

Madhumati Anand, Kerala, IN;

Gayathri Manikutty, Kerala, IN;

Sunitha Kanthimathi, Kerala, IN;

Rao R. Bhavani, Kerala, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 81/07 (2006.01); B65D 81/03 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 81/07 (2013.01); B65D 65/466 (2013.01); B65D 81/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for delivery of fragile payloads involves a structure having an approximately spherical aspect composed of rigid struts and flexible tendons joining ends of struts, the flexible tendons in tension placing the struts in compression, the structure having a hollow interior, and one or more fragile items wrapped in a shock-absorbing bio-degradable material such that no fragile item contacts another, forming a payload bundle, the payload bundle joined by fibrous filaments suspending the payload within the structure. The structure carrying the payload bundle is carried to a destination by an aerial vehicle and dropped from a height to the ground, where the structure rebounds and rolls, dissipating kinetic energy gained in falling, preventing the payload bundle from striking ground surface.


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