Patents Assigned to The Hi-Flier Manufacturing Company
  • Kite construction
    Patent number: 4272044
    Abstract: A kite with a crossed-stick frame has a bracket secured to the sticks and which supports the kite skin in an aerodynamic configuration. The bracket has a folded body that wraps around one frame stick and seats another in holes on either side of the fold. Webs on the bracket span from this engagement with the frame to deflect the kite skin away from the frame into a desired aerodynamic configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: The Hi-Flier Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Wayne L. Cooper
  • Molded model airplane
    Patent number: 4203250
    Abstract: A model airplane fuselage is molded of rigid foam so that a rudder-mount at the rear of the fuselage is made up of alternating projections defining a rudder slot, some of the projections being undercut for locking the rudder in place by engaging rudder projections. A slot for a wing is flared at the outer ends to allow wedges to be pressed beneath the wing to form a dihedral configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: The Hi-Flier Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Vito M. Garofalo