June 02, 2017 Amazon has been awarded a patent for a parachute that folds up inside a shipping label, to allow delivery drones to drop items from above USPTO View 4 Images ... View gallery - 4 images ...

A drone could someday drop off a package that gently lands in someone’s yard thanks to a shipping label with a built in parachute. (Amazon Illustrations via USPTO) It’s a bird, it’s a plane ...

Whether the parachute shipping label will ever grace a box full of gear from Amazon is anyone's guess, but this is certainly an interesting way to slow packages before they hit the ground. The ...

Amazon patents shipping label with built-in parachute for drone deliveries by Kaya Yurieff @kyurieff May 31, 2017: 12:04 PM ET ...

The label would have a self-adhesive backing, the patent goes on to explain, as well as the parachute itself, the cords tying the two together, and a breakaway cover.

Amazon is looking to change the delivery game. The online retailer now has a patent for a shipping label that includes a built-in parachute. It has been developing a concept to deliver packages by ...

Amazon has received a patent for a shipping label that includes a built-in parachute, “to enable the delivery of packages by [unpiloted] aerial vehicles (UAVs) or other aerial vehicles.” The ...

The shipping label wouldn’t look out of the ordinary until called into action, but a system of cords, a breakaway cover, and the all-important parachute would be hidden away under the surface ...