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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2022
Applicant:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Ryan M. Luckay, Vienna, VA (US);

Robert E. Dixon, Jr., Haymarket, VA (US);

Gregory Cooil, Arlington, VA (US);

Assignee:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 101/69 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/12 (2013.01); B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B65G 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2101/69 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Autonomous delivery drop points for delivery of an item are provided. The autonomous delivery drop points can include a proxy sensor to communicate information related to the autonomous delivery drop point to an autonomous delivery vehicle. The autonomous delivery drop points can include a delivery inlet configured to accept the item. The autonomous delivery drop points can include a storage receptacle configured to store the item until the item is retrieved by the owner of the item. The autonomous delivery drop points can include an attachment member coupled to the item. The autonomous delivery drop points can include a hook configured to couple to the attachment member to accept the item, wherein the hook comprises the proxy sensor.


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