Toy glider

Details Toy glider Toy glider

1998-08-13

2000-08-15

Muir, D. Neal

Amusement devices: toys

Aerodynamically supported or retarded

Glider

446 64, 446 68, A63H 2700, A63H 2714

Patent

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061027650

ABSTRACT:
Improved toy glider having folding wings and incorporating improved release mechanisms which increase the initial height achievable by the glider by preventing early transition of the folding wings from a launch configuration to a glide configuration.
The improved glider may advantageously include a long ribbon-like tail wrapped around the glider to prevent biased wings from transitioning from a launch to a glide configuration. When the glider changes attitude in a manner indicating a change from an upward to a downward flight path, a weight is released from a support and the released weight unwraps the tail. Once the tail is unwrapped, the wings transition from a launch configuration to a glide configuration.

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