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 gallery - 4 images ...

Amazon patents shipping label with built-in parachute for dropping packages from drones by Nat Levy on May 30, 2017 at 9:30 am May 30, 2017 at 9:33 am Share 425 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

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.