Aeronautics and astronautics – Kites
Patent
1982-08-09
1984-03-13
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Kites
D12325, D21 85, 46 74D, 46 76R, 244 34A, B64C 3106
Patent
active
044362641
ABSTRACT:
A kite or flying device comprising a substantially ring-shaped body member formed of foam plastic, the normally upper surface of said body member being flat, the normally lower surface of said body member being part of the surface of a sphere, the ring-shaped body member being bounded by a radially outer circumference and by a radially inner circumference, diametrically opposite portions of said outer circumference respectively defining the leading edge and the trailing edge of the kite body, an open area bounded by and lying radially inwardly of said radially inner circumference, a bar-like member carried by the kite body and lying on a diameter of said kite body, said diameter extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the bar-like member being in bridging relation to the open area, the bar-like member being provided with apertures permitting attachment of a kite string or towline to the bar-like member, and rudders carried by the kite body contiguous the trailing edge of the kite body.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Lane, Jr. Munson H.
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