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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2023
Wing Aviation Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jasper Lewin, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
André Prager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ivan Qiu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A payload retrieval apparatus having an extending member having an upper end and a lower end, a channel having a first end and a second end and first and second inner edges defining a tether slot therebetween, wherein the tether slot is configured to guide passage of a tether coupled to a payload retriever suspended from a UAV when the payload retriever is passing within the channel, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the first end of the channel adapted to guide the tether towards the channel, a payload holder positioned near the second end of the channel that is adapted to secure a payload, wherein the channel includes a first projection that extends from the first edge into the tether slot so as to hinder removal of the tether from exiting the tether slot once the tether has entered the tether slot.