Amusement devices: toys – Aerodynamically supported or retarded – Glider
Patent
1990-07-09
1991-05-28
Johnson, Richard J.
Amusement devices: toys
Aerodynamically supported or retarded
Glider
401 66, A63H 2700
Patent
active
050190075
ABSTRACT:
A toy glider has an elongated fuselage including a nose section and a tail empennage section, an elongated, recessed wing mounting channel on each side of the flight axis including a female, V-shaped bottom for receiving a pair of wings. Each wing has a wing root in the form of an elongated polygon having male corners matching the V-bottom channel of the fuselage. A tension means, such as an elastic band, urges each wing root into a mating engagement with the wing root channel of the fuselage, whereby the tension means may be manually overcome to disengage wing root and permit movement of either wing in a vertical direction from the horizontal plane. In a preferred embodiment one male corner of the wing root as an upstanding rib matching an elongated groove in the V-bottom of the fuselage channel, providing a positive position for the wing in a flight configuration. A preferred embodiment provides separate, manually movable inboard and outboard wing sections which permit the wings to be configured as planar wings, gull wings, inverted gull wings or substantially folded gull wings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3222817 (1965-12-01), Brandstetter
patent: 4135718 (1979-01-01), Loewy
patent: 4759736 (1988-07-01), Carlson
patent: 4863412 (1989-09-01), Milhalinec
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