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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4081158 | Monocoque arched kite The aerodynamic surface of the kite consists of a single sheet of stiff material arched about a longitudinal axis, being more highly arched at the front end than at the rear and having an aperture located predominantly on the rearward half. In a preferred... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4018408 | Concave parabolic arch kite A kite having separate forward and aft sails, each arched about a common longitudinal kite axis and each sail disposed concave downward in flight. The concave shape of the sail funnels the wind through the kite. Lift is derived from the central portions o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3974600 | Minimum inventory maximum diversity building system A modular structural system utilizes a limited inventory of framework elements which in combination with a limited number of interstitial exterior and interior panels can be utilized to erect a variety of integral structures in which the framework element... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3948471 | Modular kite system A kite having a prism-shaped three dimensional frame, spanned by aerodynamic surfaces on its two downward disposed faces. The top or upward disposed face is spanned by a novel aerodynamic surface called an air dam which operates to stabilize the flight of... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3937426 | Tetrahedral kite structure A tetrahedral kite having a sail formed by a pair of sheets of rhombus shape that lie facewise against one another and are joined together along their edges. The middle of the rhombus-shaped sail is folded about an edge of the tetrahedral kite frame so th... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3931697 | Modular curved surface space structures A plurality of mathematically interrelated modular structures are disclosed which are based on a series of minimal surfaces bounded by skewed polygons. Some six basic modules are described which are capable of being interconnected in various combinations ... | 01/13/1976 |
