Abstract: An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2024
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
Inventors:
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Steven Bradley Chambers, Pavil Belik, Austin Craig Gunder, John Peter Zwaan
Abstract: The invention discloses a light kite comprising a body. The body includes a wing, a supporting member, and a tying place, the supporting member is arranged on the wing and integrally formed with the wing, the body of the kite is made of a blister material or a material capable of being embossed or indented, and the supporting member is made by blistering or embossing or indenting on the wing, so that the supporting member is integrally formed with the wing and maintains a shape of the body. The kite is made of a blister material or composite paper, the durability and plasticity are high; moreover, the support member is made by means of plastic package, some existing kite production processes can be omitted, and the local production in large scale can be achieved.
Abstract: 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.
Abstract: A waterfowl decoy that can assembled from a flat, planar sheet to a 3-deminsional decoy that is capable of stacking while assembled. Decoy comprises a sheet and an anchor. The sheet has an outer periphery shaped to resemble a waterfowl when the sheet is assembled in a 3-dimensional state, with a head, body and shoulder. The sheet is substantially symmetrical about a longitudinal axis, except for a bifurcated head. The head has a pair of members that are specifically asymmetrical to appear more realistic. The sheet also has a pair of shoulder segments that are aligned by flexing the sheet along the longitudinal axis and securing using an anchor. A plurality of decoys may be stacked, while in a fully assembled state and with anchors intact. While stacked, the anchors may be moved to a position that locks the stack so that individual decoys cannot be removed until the anchors are moved to a position that releases the stack.
Abstract: 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 first crosspiece rods are disposed in the first kite. The second crosspiece rods are disposed in the second kite. The main shaft has a lower joint connected to the first crosspiece rods and an upper joint connected to the second crosspiece rods. A ring is disposed on the rotating blade to receive the main shaft.
Abstract: A kite device has an animal pattern, a pair of round holes, two pairs of sockets, and a pair of eye-shaped rotating devices. Each pair of the sockets are adjacent to the corresponding round holes of the kite device. Each of the eye-shaped rotating devices has a shaft, a-first disk, and a second disk. The first disk has a pair of periphery grooves. The second disk has a pair of periphery recesses to match the periphery grooves of the first disk. The first disk engages with the second disk. The shaft passes through the periphery recesses of the second disk and the periphery grooves of the first disk. Each of the eye-shaped rotating devices is inserted in the corresponding round hole of the kite device. Each shaft engages with the corresponding pair of sockets.