AMAZON WANTS TO DROP PACKAGES BY PARACHUTE

A patent filed with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gives some details on how Amazon .com drone-delivered packages could be dropped by parachute. The drone would stay nearby to make sure it arrives in the right spot. The patent also covers how devices could be used to alter the flight path of packages to avoid things such as trees, carports, balconies, power lines, eaves and the like. The vertical descent could even be altered to slip the package onto the balcony of a high-rise building.