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7338016 |
Multi-grommet retained slider for parachutes
A reefing slider for providing improved line management and canopy deployment characteristics of a ram air inflated airfoil type canopy. During initial descent of the parachute the slider, secured...
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7270298 |
Personal flying apparatus
A personal flying apparatus has a substantially horizontal element having a lower surface adapted to acted on by a wind upwardly so as to produce a wind-generated lifting force, and an inflatable...
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7140576 |
Inflatable wing with manifold
An aerodynamic wing with a leading edge inflatable strut and at least one inflatable rib strut, wherein the struts are provided with a connection air pathway that allows the leading edge strut to...
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7032864 |
Wing with inflatable struts
An aerodynamic wing formed by a flexible canopy with integrated inflatable, elastically deformable members integrated into the lifting surface. Preferably, the elastically deformable member extends...
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6929221 |
Ram air parachute with tensioned top skin
An improved ram air canopy is disclosed having a top skin formed of a plurality of substantially rectangular top skin pieces. Each top skin piece has areas of reduced width at predetermined...
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6886785 |
RAM air parachute with multistage deployment
A ram air parachute of the present invention includes specific cross porting of the ribs between certain cells to create a two-stage or multi-stage deployment. Cross ports between certain sets of...
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6837463 |
Ram air inflated wing
A wing for a traction kite, etc comprises a plurality of cells formed by chordwise-extending ribs ( 3 ), valved openings ( 6 ) to the cells allowing ram air to inflate the wing. By changing the...
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6808144 |
Autonomous payload recovery system
A parafoil recovery system capable of autonomously controlling the descent profile of a payload to a recovery area and maneuvering the parafoil to execute a soft landing in the recovery area is...
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5967463 |
Air foil having valve
A canopy-type parachute is provided which includes improved stability features and lends itself to relatively easy assembly. Integral valves promote stability of the airfoil by not allowing rapid...
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5816537 |
Inflatable kite arrangement and launcher
An inflatable kite (150) that includes a plurality of longitudinal inflatable tubes (54). The kite includes transverse inflatable tube (53) at the rear end of the kite. When the kite is inflated,...
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5813627 |
Balloon support apparatus for hot air balloon ride
The balloon support apparatus for a hot air balloon ride comprises a doughnut shaped sleeve engaged within a crown area of an envelope of the hot air balloon. The sleeve contains a lighter than air...
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5388786 |
Escape apparatus
An object of the invention is to provide an escape apparatus which enables persons to promptly escape from an elevated place such as a building and an aircraft, and is easy to handle. An aerial...
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5362017 |
Parawing
A self-inflatable parawing comprises an airfoil made of a flexible sheet erial and having a plurality of apertures located in the lower, aft surface thereof for admitting inflating air created by...
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5244169 |
Inflatable structure paraglider
A paraglider having ram-air inflated left and right wings and supported above a pilot by suspension lines, the wings consisting of foldable and flexible sheet material and defining front openings...
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5169092 |
Paraglider canopy
Airfoil canopy for paragliders made of non-porous cloth and comprised of a number of parallel primary air chambers (12) having upper surfaces (14), lower surfaces (16), open front ends (18), tail...
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5161755 |
Reinforced life parachute
A life parachute including a canopy formed of pieces of fabric sewed together, sheaths extending from the center of the canopy in a spoke-wise manner, and an inflatable envelope connected to a...
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5149019 |
Balloon parachute
A balloon parachute is described that inflates at a controllable rate to gradually slow the descent of an attached instrument package. This balloon parachute is in the form of a pyramid that is...
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5044576 |
Parawing with an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism
Disclosed is a parawing with an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism having a canopy, a frame to which the canopy is fastened and on which a pilot can be carried, a propeller mounted on the...
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5028018 |
Device for accelerating the opening and/or extension of aviation devices, such as canopy parachutes, square or sliding parachutes, gliders (hang-gliders) and others
Device for accelerating the opening and/or the extension of aviation devices, such as canopy, square or gliding parachutes, among others, has an air space (4) at the base (7) and along the...
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4930726 |
Built-in control flaps for a multi-cell wing type canopy
A built-in control flap for a ram air, multi-cell, wing type canopy having a ram air inlet is located in each side of the canopy at the rear portion thereof. Each built-in control flap is separated...
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4930727 |
Cross braced airfoil
An improved, cross braced airfoil for a wing-type parachute which is composed of an upper panel having a front edge and a rear edge and angularly oriented rib panels secured to the top panel and...
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4811920 |
Aerial device
A load carrying aerial device having an inflatable component which is inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an inflated aerofoil configuration and which is maintained inflated in flight by...
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4771970 |
Pressure flow control device
The invention provides a pressure flow control device of the type used primarily to maintain both vertical and horizontal stability and manueverability in a predetermined fluid environment. The...
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4768739 |
Emergency warning and signaling system
A warning and signaling system includes a kite attached to a flexible tether rope wherein one end of the rope is secured to a person or a lifeboat. The kite is made from a material having high...
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4705238 |
Ram air parachute with multiple pressure centers
Upper and lower rectangular canopies are connected by a plurality of transversely spaced vertical airfoil shaped ribs to define a plurality of longitudinal air flow chambers. Suspension lines are...
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4562981 |
Parachute and hang glider safety device
A parachute assembly includes a canopy, a harness connected to the canopy by lines, the canopy having an apex and a basal perimeter. Envelopes in the canopy defined by a plurality of generally...
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4406433 |
Leading edge inlet for ram air pressurized airfoil
The air scoop opening at the leading edge of a flexible, ram-air inflated airfoil canopy, is framed between curved lip sections extending tangentially from the upper and lower surface members of...
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4379534 |
Cargo lift system
A system for transferring cargo at sea by helicopter includes an automatily activated self inflatable apparatus for reducing the velocity of the cargo if jettisoned or inadvertently dropped into...
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4257568 |
Preinflatable expansion device for low altitude escape or sporting parachute
The improvement refers to an inflatable device for quick expansion of parachutes for low altitude jumping, comprising elements of bags firmly connected to the canopy and sheathed into by tubes of...
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4105173 |
Inflatable parachute for use as escape or sporting device
For use as an escape device from burning buildings or for sporting use, a parachute canopy is supported in an open use position by an inflatable frame consisting of a network of inflatable...
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3787010 |
INFLATING APPARATUS
A small and lightweight rapid gas inflating apparatus for inflating a parider with gas having a minimum of temperature and moisture content. A generated propellant gas is passed through a baffle...
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3620486 |
AUTOSTABLE CIRCULAR TETHERED WING BALLOON
This invention relates to an axisymmetrical-shaped, tethered wing balloon which is substantially autostable in the wind field and, particularly, to a wing balloon which, without performing any...
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3480238 |
GLIDE WING
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3428277 |
GLIDING PARACHUTE
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3412963 |
Method and apparatus for supporting an object
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3387805 |
Parachute suspension soft landing means
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3352519 |
Parachute assembly for aircraft
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3284032 |
Shaped parachute with stable flight characteristics
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3138348 |
Helicopter mounted parachute
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2928108 |
Inflatable life boat
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