Amusement devices: toys – Aerodynamically supported or retarded – Parachute
Patent
1982-07-07
1985-09-24
Shay, F. Barry
Amusement devices: toys
Aerodynamically supported or retarded
Parachute
A63H 3320
Patent
active
045430721
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a toy with parachute. Such a toy comprises a receiving and a holding device to which a parachute is secured and in which the parachute can be accommodated. The toy with parachute is thrown up into the air or is catapulted by means of a launching device in order to release the parachute in the area of the highest point of the trajectory and to hover down to the ground.
A device known in the prior art comprises a toy shaped like a rocket to which a parachute is secured. The value of said device as a toy is not so great since the parachute does not open automatically at the desired moment.
It is an object of the invention not to leave it to chance as to when the parachute is released, but to develop a toy with parachute where the parachute is released reliably and automatically and opens immediately.
According to the invention, this problem is solved in that the toy has two arms forming a grip hinged to the upper end and having a parachute arranged between said arms; a spring which causes said arms in the area of the grip hinge to space apart; two large panels on which air pressure acts and which are connected at the lower end to the arms, which panels, when moved by air, exert a power on the grip arms counteracting the spring; and a head portion fixed above the grip hinge.
This structure guarantees that the grip arms of the toy according to the invention forming the holding device for the parachute remain closed when the toy is thrown up - normally to a height of about 6 to 12 m -, since the air pressure exerted on the large panels exceeds the opening force of the spring. When, however, the toy has reached the apex of its trajectory, the pressure on said panels reduces rapidly so that the spring arranged in the area of the grip hinge opens the parachute grip. About at the same time, the head secured before the grip hinge causes the turning of the toy for about 180.degree.. Due to the spacing of the arms the parachute opens out automatically and the toy will hover down to the ground according to its purpose. The panels may rigidly be connected with the grip arms and may be used as a handle for the toy with parachute. The head before the hinge which may, for example, be a rubber ball moves the center of gravity of the toy to the front and cushions the impact of the toy on the ground. The spring provided in the area of the hinge is adapted to hold the head in the intended position.
It is advantageous that when the panels are hinged to the grip arms and are provided each with an upwardly extending lever and hooking means which engage when the arms are closed and perform a closing moment which is smaller than the moment of the spring acting in opening direction. In the portions of the panels covering the lower section of the grip arms a recess may be provided, and a launching hook for the toy may be fixed in the area of the grip hinge. A toy with parachute having such a configuration can be launched by means of a launching device so that the height reached by said toy is considerably great. The toy is held through the recesses in the panels in the lower portion of the grip arms which are a reinforced handle. When the handle is flat, no recesses are required. Due to the panels provided as closing lever a higher closing force is reached by transmission. Therefore, a stronger opening spring can be provided at the grip hinge by which the opening of the parachute at the apex of the trajectory is effected still more rapidly.
It may be another advantage that the grip arms are hinged by two eyes to a headrest and that the arms can be spaced by two springs each secured to the headrest and to the grip arms.
The grip arms define an elongated cavity in which the parachute is secured by eyes and held therein. One arm may be formed as an elongated flat bowl and the other arm may be rounded, too, or flat and presses the parachute into the counter-arm.
It may also be an advantage that the parachute may be received in a space between the panels to which it is secured by ribbons up to the midpoint. It is a
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