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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Inc., Pensacola, FL (US);
John Carff, Pensacola, FL (US);
Matthew Johnson, Pensacola, FL (US);
FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION INC., Pensacola, FL (US);
Abstract
A system and method allowing spoon-based devices to be carried and dropped by a drone. The preferred embodiments are adapted for use with a drone having a retracting drop shaft release mechanism. First and second adapter portions are provided. These clamp around the body of a spoon-based device and hold the spoon-based device. The lower regions of the first and second adapter portions are joined by a pivot joint. The upper regions each include an engagement feature such as an upstanding tang portion. These first and second tang portions are engaged to the drone's release unit.