Aeronautics and astronautics – Kites
Patent
1979-10-05
1981-06-09
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Kites
B64C 3106
Patent
active
042720443
ABSTRACT:
A kite with a crossed-stick frame has a bracket secured to the sticks and which supports the kite skin in an aerodynamic configuration. The bracket has a folded body that wraps around one frame stick and seats another in holes on either side of the fold. Webs on the bracket span from this engagement with the frame to deflect the kite skin away from the frame into a desired aerodynamic configuration.
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Barefoot Galen L.
The Hi-Flier Manufacturing Company
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