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7607615 |
Brake for a kite
A kite brake and a kite that uses a brake are disclosed. The brake includes a spring-loaded standoff that is biased to push a top surface of a sail of the kite away from a strut of the kite when an...
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7549608 |
Detachable line management device for traction kites
A device is provided for managing lines of a kite which device is securable to a control bar of a kite and has a line attachment portion. The line attachment portion having a plurality of kite line...
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7533851 |
Flexible kite
A kite is formed of a single sheet of tough but flexible material. A narrow slit in the sheet body defines two distinct flight bodies, one of which is substantially smaller than the other. The...
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7503826 |
Flying apparatus
This invention provides a small lightweight glider that is hollow and made from a molded thin film material. Typically the glider is formed in the shape of a bird or a plane. The body of the glider...
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7275719 |
Wind drive apparatus for an aerial wind power generation system
Wind driven apparatus for an aerial power generation system include driven elements and controls. The driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag...
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7204459 |
Kite
A kite has a cover sheet having first and second opposed main surfaces. A frame assembly is attached to the second main surface of the cover sheet to define a body having an overall height and an...
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7188808 |
Aerialwind power generation system and method
An aerial power generation system includes a guide line supported by a support body. Wind driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the...
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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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7128296 |
Animal-scaring device and method of employing same
A method of scaring birds and animals includes launching a bird-scaring device in a substantially vertical manner and periodically causing the device to circle in the air in substantially opposite...
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7119665 |
Sound generator for a kite
A sound generator including a mounting clip for attachment to a kite frame. A support arm is secured to, and projects from, the mounting clip. The support arm has a distal end remote from the...
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7093803 |
Apparatus and method for aerodynamic wing
Aerodynamic wing to propel a broad range of transport means, principally sail craft. The wing provides a single layer kite structure capable of flying without surface discontinuity, bridles, or...
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7036771 |
Kite safety, control, and rapid depowering apparatus
A kite safety, control, and depowering device for a kite having an airfoil with leading and trailing edges, at least two control lines attached to the airfoil and a control flying bar attached 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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7017859 |
Method of making a miniature, operable box kite
A method for making a box kite includes the steps of placing two elongate strips of tissue paper atop a support surface in parallel relation to one another, separated by a third strip of stiff...
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7014149 |
Traction kite design
An arch style traction kite which includes a wing or wing envelope which has a leading edge which, when viewed in plan with the wing or envelope laid in a horizontal plane, is concave in a centre...
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6955325 |
Delta kite with flight stabilizing, air-passing ring structure
A kite has a generally delta shaped sail and supporting frame and has increased flight stability through locally increased drag realized by providing an air-passing ring structure in a plane...
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6914345 |
Power generation
A power generator comprising: a lifting body for suspension in a moving fluid; a control station; and at least two tethers for tethering the lifting body to the control station. The control station...
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6905096 |
Kite with planar aerodynamic surface
A kite system including a base, a substantially exposed substructure coupled to the base to flex the base, and one or more masts and sails coupled to the base.
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6896225 |
Kite with movable figure
A flying toy system including a kite portion, and a figure coupled to the kite portion that moves with respect to its coupling with the kite portion.
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6866229 |
Kite with durable light display feature
An illuminated kite comprises a frame and a sail, a plurality of distributed light elements, an electrical power supply carried by the kite for illuminating the light elements, elongated electrical...
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6854690 |
Aircraft kite
A kite in the shape of an aircraft having one or more wings. The number of wings can vary due to novel V-shaped connection members employed together with strut rod members cut to predetermined...
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6781254 |
Windmill kite
A kite having a flying platform including a plurality of mill rotors, at least one tethering line maintaining the platform at a substantially fixed geographical location, at least one dynamo on the...
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6722613 |
Kite having flapping wings
A kite is disclosed having a body and a supporting structure. The supporting structure has a central member, wing members, cross members, and a brace member. The central member is attached to the...
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6695258 |
Kite device
A kite device has an inner main body, and an outer main body surrounding the inner main body. The inner main body has a main shaft, a plurality of fabric plates adhered on the main shaft, and each...
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6676086 |
Tandem kite device
A tandem kite device has a head sheet, a first spine, a pair of first spars, a front limb sheet, a second spine, a second spar, at least a torso sheet, a third spine, a third spar, a rear limb...
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6676085 |
Kite
A kite has a support frame and a waterproof fabric covering the support frame. The support frame has a levelling rod, a center spine passing through the levelling rod, a head rod disposed on a...
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6604713 |
Modular kites
Various kites are described which can be joined together in any of a variety of larger arrays. Each kite includes a generally tubular integral body having two opposing open longitudinal ends and...
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6598832 |
Kite assembly
A kite assembly has a first kite, a second kite, a rotating blade, a main shaft, a plurality of spine rods, a plurality of first crosspiece rods, and a plurality of second crosspiece rods. The...
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6588706 |
Launchable paper kite
A kite which in a simplest embodiment comprises a central rectangular section having one edge joined to an edge of one rectangular side section and an opposite edge joined to an edge of an opposite...
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6575409 |
Fluoroluminescent lighted kite
The invention is a kite intended for use at night which is provided with a battery operated power supply activating one or more black lights directed to the front surface of the kite, the black...
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6555931 |
Renewable energy systems using long-stroke open-channel reciprocating engines
Renewable energy systems extracting energy from natural water flow or wind. The energy systems are configurations of long-stroke open-channel reciprocating engines employing one or two flow...
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6523781 |
Axial-mode linear wind-turbine
A wind harnessing system using a plurality of self supporting airfoil kites 50 for production of useful power. The system comprising multiple airfoil kites 50 in tandem attached to a pivotal...
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6502789 |
Flexible kite
A spoon shaped simple skin kite for kite sailing having a long flexible fiberglass rod on the leading edge as the only structure, many bridles that are all connected directly to that rod, no lines...
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6499695 |
Balloon kite
A balloon kite is formed with a plurality of sized sheets of gas impervious sheet material that form one or more fillable interior chambers. The balloon kite is capable of being flown and deployed...
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6494764 |
Kite having noise emitting device
A kite comprises a body attached to a rigid frame and a noise emitting device. The noise emitting device includes a resilient bow having a holder at each of its ends and a ribbon attached to each...
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6443397 |
Tether for holding promotional materials
A miniature car kite. The device includes an aero-resistant shape, such a disc, airplane, kite or figure; and a semi-rigid tether attached to the shape. In the preferred embodiment, the tether...
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6435456 |
Mechanism for releasing articles from kites
An object holding and releasing mechanism for use in combination with a kite, a flight string having a first end for being held by the flyer of the kite and having a second end, and an object to be...
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6386483 |
Multi-functional stunt kite
The present invention provides a multi-functional stunt kite, which has a slightly delta-shaped kite body comprising a plurality of struts and a covering cloth. Two sets of control strings of...
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6364251 |
Airwing structure
The airwing structure according to the present invention comprises of an airfoil structure, a main frame, and a means for providing a downward and a forward tension on the airfoil structure. The...
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6357697 |
Kite structure
A kite structure includes a body, and a skeleton. The body has an upper piece and a lower piece stitched on the upper piece in a locally overlapping manner. Each of the upper piece and the lower...
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6349902 |
Wind sock with dihedral wings
A windsock includes an elongated fuselage with outwardly extending dihedral wings. A dihedral spar extends along the wings and is joined with a coupling that is movably positioned within the...
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6315246 |
Kite
A kite has a cover sheet and a cross-shaped frame. The cover sheet has an oblong hole and four triangular corner bags. The cross-shaped frame has a spine, a two-way joint disposed on the spine, and...
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6290178 |
Internal support structure for a kite
An improved shape-retaining support structure is provided for the fuselage of a windsock style kite. An inextensible strap member is also provided between the wings of the kite to transfer wing...
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6286786 |
Remotely controlled aircraft
A remotely controlled aircraft has a motor controlled by a remotely located control unit having a flight string releasibly coupled at the aircraft. The aircraft receives a signal at the aircraft...
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6283816 |
Miniature kites and method for making them
A miniature kite that flies indoors or outdoors is made by cutting a small piece of tissue paper into any preselected shape, including the shape of a standard diamond-shaped kite. Toothpick-like...
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6283414 |
Illuminated kite
An illuminated kite includes a number of light sources extending along its surfaces. These light sources may include a number of light circuits, each of which includes light bulbs extending in a...
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6283413 |
Rotary flyer
A rotary flying device comprising an airfoil having an axis of rotation means for rotation thereabout, a stabilizer disk mounted on said airfoil, a bearing assembly means attached to said axis of...
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6273369 |
Kite control and quick release system
An improved kite control and quick release system useful in kitesurfing and other kite related sports, comprising a hollow control bar capped at each end by symmetrical, elongated end fittings. The...
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6273368 |
Collapsible flying structures
A collapsible flying structure includes an enclosed resilient frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, a sheet material partially covering the resilient frame member to form the...
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6257525 |
Remotely controlled aircraft
A remotely controlled aircraft has a center member and a steering assembly. The steering assembly comprises a carriage, a remote control motor, a center member and a connecting arm. The carriage...
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