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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4209936 | Flying saucer appendage A saucer shaped throwing disc with a flexible tail and pivot means for attaching one end of the tail to the disc at its central vertical axis. When the disc is rotating in flight, the tail trails while remaining extended in the direction opposite the dire... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4201357 | Framework for a box kite A box-type kite constructed of unitary polygonal end frames having interior corners and with passages in the interior corners subtending more than 180°. Struts carrying sails thereon and equal in number to the corners, having a cross-sectional dimension ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4198019 | Flexible airframe flying wing A flexible airframe flying wing, such as used for hang gliding, includes a central rib to which is perpendicularly connected two flexible spars. In turn, a plurality of floating ribs are releasably connected to the flexible spars, and extend generally par... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4190218 | Bike kite A ball joint is affixed to the harness of a kite and a kite string is tied at its first end to the ball joint. A kite tethering device is affixed to the frame of a bicycle for affixing the second end of the string to the bicycle. The kite tethering device... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4186680 | Sail assembly A skate sail is rigged with leading edge spars set by manipulation of a cruciform frame. The sail and frame assembly is suitable for mounting on a boat or vehicle as well as for being hand held, and is collapsible for compact stowing. When provided with a... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4180221 | Self propelled kite A self propelled kite having a frame including a nose piece, a stringer backwardly extending from the nose piece, and two spars attached to the nose piece equidistant and outwardly diverging in an upward inclination from the stringer. A substantially V-sh... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4159087 | Glider kite A toy glider kite capable of effectively functioning as a kite when held by a tow line and as a glider when released for free flying. The glider kite comprises a pair of flexible wing sections which are pivotal relative to one another between kite and nor... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4150804 | Collapsible kite In a ready-to-fly kite having a central, longitudinal stiffening element and a flexible kite body that defines a pair of flexible wings, the axial stiffening element is comprised of a plurality of elongated stiff sections. These sections are connected tog... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4133500 | Toy kites A toy kite has the general form of a hang glider and has a tow line which is releasable from the kite when in flight by slackening the tension in the tow line. Spars of the kite frame are hinged together by unitary plastic hinges and the frame can be fold... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4129272 | Aerofoil structure An aerofoil structure which is inflatable by ram air when in use, includes a flexible multi-cell air fillable envelope having a readily removable flexible spar at its leading edge whose ends provide anchorages for a pair of operator control lines. In use ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4124182 | Wind driven energy system Method and apparatus using parakites, or modified parachutes, for capturing wind energy and for converting the consequent wind-induced linear motion to shaft rotation. The parakite apparatus includes a plurality of trains of parakites, with each train com... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4103850 | Maneuverable glider kite A kite is disclosed having a main body portion fabricated of a flexible material consisting of two substantially triangular panels joined along one edge, and joined again, in an aerodynamic curve, adjacent to, and roughly parallel with, the original join,... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4099690 | Stabilized kite A kite is described in which a wing of flexible material is disposed symmetrically about a central line; a wing spreader is structurally associated with the wing for providing equal and opposite extension forces operable at the central line; and an improv... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4084102 | Wind driven, high altitude power apparatus Wind driven rotors are affixed along the length of a flexible power shaft, and the shaft is suspended at a great height above the earth by means of a swivel. The lowermost end of the shaft is connected to rotate a ground supported energy conversion device... | 04/11/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4076189 | Kites A kite is provided with a streamer in the form of an elongated, inflatable, flexible tube of, for example, polyethylene. The streamer is attached to the main spar of the kite and has an open mouth positioned beneath the kite sheeting so that, in flight, t... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4076190 | Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at significant height above the surface A buoyant sail or wing tethered to a line an appreciable distance above the surface where the winds are at higher speed than at ground level is provided with wind velocity gradient sensing members to guide movement of the buoyant sail to the elevation of ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4072284 | Kite bracket A kite bracket is disclosed whose shape is the combination of an open channel and a triangular pocket. The bracket is used on a kite having a main body formed of a thin flexible material with two leading edges which diverge rearwardly and with a strut att... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4046340 | Box top kite, and method of making same A kite made out of a box top of the type of box formed of a light weight rigid plastic foam material, such as the substantially rectangular Polystyrene boxes used in dispensing hot food, particularly the type of such boxes having tops provided with a peri... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4029273 | Kite An inflatable delta wing kite having a single air chamber formed of a bulbous nose portion and three frusto conical shaped tubular portions forming structural beams, one beam extending along the central longitudinal axis, and the other two forming the lea... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4026504 | Maneuverable, inflatable kite A maneuverable, deltoid-shaped, inflatable kite having, when inflated, a bulbous nose portion, a central air beam, two diverging side air beams and an uninflated airfoil between the central air beams and each side air beam. Three control line anchors, one... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4018407 | Kite A kite has three hollow, tubular frame members joined together at the forward end of the kite by a nose piece having radial lugs receiving the frame tubes thereover. A flexible sheet such as plastic is affixed between a central tube and each of two side t... | 04/19/1977 |
| 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 |
| 4015803 | Kite with an improved rudder A kite comprising a kite body in the form of a plane sail supported by spars and a rudder formed integrally with the kite body. Two control strings are coupled to the rudder by way of a bridle, the control strings controlling movement of the rudder with r... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4015802 | Kite construction A kite having a flying surface of flexible plastic sheet material supported from a single vertical rib and one or more cross-ribs. The ribs are attached to the sheet material at the left, right, upper and lower terminal portions of the sheet material by p... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3998408 | Remote elevated platform A remote elevated platform (REP) for positioning a payload from an aircraft nd maintaining its position unattended, comprises a lifting body, a payload designed to be suspended from the lifting body, a tether line and a mooring system. The platform is drop... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3994454 | Controllable stunt kite having a pair of symmetrical bridles A stunt kite comprising a first horizontal spar member, a second vertical spline member, third and fourth diagonal spar members, the members being formed into a fixed frame, a covering disposed on the frame and having a lateral dimension which is greater ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3987987 | Self-erecting windmill A device which lifts itself into the air and either itself carries a windmill for the extractions of power from the wind, or traverses a oscillatory path back and forth across the wind such that the action of the tethering lines for the device can be used... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3980260 | Inflatable kite An inflatable kite exhibiting excellent lift and stability characteristics without an auxiliary tail and comprising an inflatable body member provided with a rounded leading edge and having a substantially teardrop shape, two inflatable opposing rearwardl... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3967798 | Box-like kite A box-like kite formed of a single strut on which a pair of airfoils are pivotally connected in spaced relation. Each airfoil is constructed of a rectangular sheet of formed plastic folded into a generally triangular, hollow, open-ended box having curved ... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3963200 | Kite with a diverging wing struts with a center strut and a crossing-strut secured to both diverging struts and the center strut A kite is disclosed having a main body portion fabricated of a flexible material and having a pair of leading edges diverging generally rearwardly from a forward apex, with a strut fixed to each edge to hold it rigid. The body portion is folded to provide... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3960346 | Kite A kite including a lightweight sheet material and a support structure. The sheet material is secured to the support structure. The support structure has at least one end thereof provided with a threaded profile. A threaded fastener is rotatably positionab... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3954235 | Kites A kite comprises sheeting spread by a longitudinal spar and a lateral spar disposed one on each side of the sheeting. The lateral spar is formed in two spaced parts which are connected by a spring wire attached to the longitudinal spar. The outer ends of ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3952975 | Inflatable kite An inflatable kite exhibiting excellent lift and stability characteristics without an auxiliary tail, even in small size kites from about 12 to about 18 inches long. The kite of this invention comprises an inflatable body member provided with a rounded le... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3951363 | Keeled kite construction A construction for a keeled kite wherein the keel is a flexible tubular member fixed to the underside of a kite canopy and is open at its leading end and closed at its trailing end so as to be inflated by the oncoming wind to stabilize the kite under vary... | 04/20/1976 |
| 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 |
| 3946519 | Method and apparatus for constructing a toss-type flying device A toss-type flying device which can be easily assembled from a pair of rectangular strips of material, two rubber bands, and an ordinary drinking straw. The pair of rectangular strips are manually formed into circular aerodynamic members, which are attach... | 03/30/1976 |
| 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 |
| 3936020 | Kite construction A highly aerodynamically stable kite having a flexible statically indeterminate face which during flight forms a curvilinear airfoil that is maintained in the center and top edges by rigid linear stiffeners removably retained in a novel nosepiece. The nos... | 02/03/1976 |
