Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083565 | Adjustable weights for model race car An adjustable weight system and method for adjusting the center of gravity and front and rear axle weights of a model race car. The adjustable weight system includes a cylinder having screw threads that are configured to form complemental threads in a surface surrou... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7234667 | Modular aerospace plane This invention relates to the design of a Modular Aerospace Plane (MAP) comprising a forward fuselage section, a main wing section, a tail section and wing attachments. Various sections can be integrated to offer a variety of aircraft characteristics, performance an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6497600 | Automatic pilot system for model aircraft An automatic pilot system for a model airplane comprising one or more flexible control elements. When installed on a vertical stabilizer of the airplane, a flexible control element acts as an automatic rudder which provides directional control for the air... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6450852 | Glider toy A glider toy for entertainment purposes. The glider toy includes a housing that includes an upper plate section and a lower plate section. The upper plate section has a substantially circular shape. The lower plate section is generally crescent-shaped. A ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6217404 | Toy airplane The present invention proposes a toy airplane, which can turn a round and fly back to the original position where it has been launched by hand. The toy airplane comprises a foldable fuselage, a wing, a tail, a central fixing plate, a tail fin, a balance w... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6102765 | Toy glider Improved toy glider having folding wings and incorporating improved release mechanisms which increase the initial height achievable by the glider by preventing early transition of the folding wings from a launch configuration to a glide configuration. The... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5934967 | Self-actuating spreading apparatus An apparatus which transforms itself from one form to another. The apparatus comprises a body having a first rotatable leg and a second rotatable leg mounted thereon. When placed in motion, the apparatus is in its first form. First and second links are ro... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5908341 | Toy flying wing glider A toy glider having a single wing formed from a flat sheet of polystyrene foam, or other material of similar characteristics, and a specific finger gripped launch handle suitably attached to the forward portion of the wing along the longitudinal center-li... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5846112 | Flight control mechanism for model airplanes A flight control apparatus (10, 210, 310 or 410) for use in a model airplane (50, 250, 350 or 450) is described. The apparatus includes a weight (20, 220, 320 or 420) and a resilient band (24, 224, 324 or 424). In the first three embodiments, the weight i... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5733164 | Glider with launching system The subject invention relates to a launcher and one or more gliders for use therewith. The dihedral of the glider is achieved with two parallel creases that run front to back down the center of the glider. At the leading edge of the wing surfaces, self ad... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5669803 | Kick glider toy A glider toy apparatus including a body member made of a resilient material, a wing member having a length greater than a width of the body member, and a weight member secured to the body member forward of the wing member. The wing member has a greater de... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5496202 | Flying glider system A toy flying glider system in which a toy flying glider is provided with a flat body including a nose section, a central body section with oppositely extending wings, each having spaced apart fins extending top and bottom, a tail section and a hook secure... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5383805 | Toy glider with adjustable flying path A toy glider includes: a fuselage, a telescopic nose member telescopically secured in a front portion of the fuselage for adjusting a gravity center of the glider in order to adjust a flying path such as a curvature radius when arcuately launched, and a s... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5306191 | Cylindrical aerodynamic toy with ballast rings A toy with aerodynamic properties includes a body member with a front end, a rear end and an inner cylindrical surface which is in communication with the front and rear ends. The outer surface of the body member has a generally cylindrical surface which i... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5281179 | Toy aircraft capable of circling in changeable radius A toy aircraft capable of circling in changeable radius which includes a fuselage and two rudders disposed on the wings, wherein multiple weight-adjusting recesses are longitudinally arranged on a top portion of the fuselage and arranged on upper rear pos... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5240448 | Glider plane set A set of glider planes formed in the shape of actual fighter aircraft are provided. Each glider includes a flat front portion having the profile of a fighter aircraft and bearing a graphical depiction of the fighter aircraft. To improve the aerodynamics o... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5183960 | Rocket glider stabilization system A rocket glider stabilization system wherein a releasable, granular, counterweight, or ballast material is provided in the forward end of a model rocket aircraft to offset the weight of a tail mounted rocket motor assembly. The counterweight ballast mater... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176559 | Toy glider A toy glider is shown having a unitary wing formed of closed cell resin material disposed in a slot formed in a fuselage in which a weight is located to place the center of gravity of the glider at a point which, along with selected flexibility of the win... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5100357 | Toy aircraft and method of flight control thereof A toy airplane is launched; and an air flow deflecting surface is located in spaced relation to a V-shaped, swept-back wing of the airplane to deflect air flow generally upwardly toward the flight path of the airplane to aid in sustaining or balancing its... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5007875 | Multiple configuration model aircraft A multiple configuration model aircraft kit which enables the purchaser to assemble a plurality of model aircraft configurations, uses a relatively small number of components. The components of the model aircraft kid comprise at least one wing or primary ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4957465 | Model airplane or toy glider A model airplane or toy glider resembling a natural creature or of other design at least partially constructed of semi-rigid scoreable and foldable material such as polystyrene foam sheet, may contain one or more scored foldlines, the fold angle of the sc... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4931028 | Toy blimp A toy blimp with at least one engine, and preferably two, mounted on a top side of an inflatable helium balloon blimp like member, and an infrared control circuit and power supply mounted on a bottom side. The balloon can be aluminum coated mylar, or pref... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4863413 | Bird shaped toy glider A bird shaped toy glider which is preferably comprised of Styrofoam and includes a body. The body has a laminated head structure. A metal weight is embedded in the head between the laminations of the head structure for balancing the glider. A collapsible ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4655720 | Toy glider A toy glider having a generally rigid spine member with integrally formed transversely extending connector portions configured for receiving the wings therein, with the wings being separable from the spine member on impact. The wings are provided with cre... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4642062 | Nose weight for toy aircraft A weight holder for removable and replaceable attachment to the nose portion of a toy aircraft. The weight holder is adapted to be integrally mounted to a protruding nose portion of a wing panel on a toy aircraft. The weight holder has opposed clamping ja... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4531323 | Toy glider system A hand propelled air glider type aerodynamic toy. The toy includes an elongated fuselage, a nosepiece which acts as a balance weight, a flat plastic or styrofoam member with an offset cutout which acts as the wings of the device, and a wing adjuster which... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4301614 | Toy airplane and method for making same A toy airplane is constructed from a straw and wing components taken from a food container. The main wing is formed from the container and mounted on the forward end of the straw. A V-shaped midregion is formed in the main wing with a living hinge forming... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4257187 | Toy glider A pair of arched wings are secured together at their inner ends by a connecting member to form a body portion. A weight is secured to the body portion to provide proper balance in flight. The wings have an upwardly arched configuration which may be accomp... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4235040 | Model airplane A model airplane comprises a flat wing and a member connected to the wing midway between the wing-tips and near the back of the wing which extends away from the top surface of the wing. A freewheeling vane is connected to the back of the member and spaced... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4215832 | Inverted cone aircraft An aircraft is disclosed which includes a body having the shape of an inverted cone with a downwardly extending rim formed about the edge thereof and a triangularly shaped tail section. The aircraft can be constructed as a glider or a powered device and s... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4195439 | Toy flying object A toy flying object consists of a single wing which is shaped and weighted to provide aerodynamic capabilities. The single wing structure is readily and simply manufactured.... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4194317 | Remotely controlled aircraft The invention is particularly adapted, but not limited to, control of hand-launched gliders. A weight or mass is suspended in the manner of a pendulum below the aircraft. The weight is controllable by a gimbal mechanism which allows the weight to be swung... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4170084 | Glider toy This invention provides an improved version of a glider toy having a forwardly pointed triangular planar wing portion and a planar triangular body portion extending downwardly therefrom and having an adjustable weight movably attached to the lower edge of... | 10/09/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4103454 | Folding assembled article such as a toy airplane A folding assembled article in the form of a toy airplane has a fuselage of paper folded along a longitudinal line and a paper wing assembled with the fuselage and movable between a folded configuration, wherein the assembly is flat for packaging purposes... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4033070 | Toy foam glider A toy glider includes a fuselage, a wing and a rudder made of flexible resilient foam. The wing passes through a slot in the fuselage and a notched portion on the leading edge, and a notched portion on the trailing edge of the wing interlock with the fuse... | 07/05/1977 |
