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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025546 | Ducted fan assembly for radio-controlled model A ducted fan assembly includes a housing unit, a motor, and a propeller. The housing unit includes a duct member, and a hollow seat member disposed in the duct member. The motor is mounted to an exterior of the seat member, and includes a power cord extending throug... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7051973 | Airborne enhancement device An airborne enhancement device comprises a harness adapted to secure to a body of a user. A collar is coupled to the harness. A wing is coupled to the collar by at least one structural member. The wing is adjustably deployable. The wing is configured to adjust betwe... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6957526 | Pressure-actuated toy rocket system A pressure-actuated rocket system comprises a bottom base, a detonator and a rocket body. A top base is placed on a top surface of the bottom base. At least one through hole is located on a side of the top base and extended to an opening of the top surface. The holl... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6926576 | Rocket with backwards gliding recovery This invention is a long thin rocket that launches forward and glides backward after an ejection pitch maneuver with no moving parts. It takes advantage of a shift in center of pressure caused by a change in the angle of incidence of the rocket. This change in angle... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6799516 | Small aluminum “Fire Cup” used with a fire cracker, for entertainment purposes A reusable aluminum fire cup having a dome-shaped cap and including an ordinary fire cracker placed in a copper tube, then placed in a container with small amount of water, and then ignited, the fire cracker's blast and the pressure from the water will propel the fi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6435932 | Model space craft glider A model space vehicle having a fixed circular wing, streamlined fuselage, fins with booms attached thereto all efficiently configured to result in an article possessing suitable aerodynamic properties to enable it to glide smoothly through the air for a s... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6022260 | Kit for constructing a model rocket A model rocket kit which has a substantially lower material and manufacturing cost is provided. The model rocket kit includes at least one flat sheet of cardboard material which includes the outlines of the various components of a model rocket such as the... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5881706 | Toy rocket launcher A toy rocket launcher for launching a common bottle such as a plastic two liter beverage bottle in the air with pneumatic pressure. The toy rocket launcher includes a support stand having a top member and a plurality of support legs downwardly depending f... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5712446 | Flat-sided model rocket and method therefor The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method a flat-side model rocket. In the preferred embodiment, the model rocket is four-sided, and may be constructed by a user from wooden pieces that are pre-cut and pre-engraved with a sealed-CO... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5507451 | Shuttle launch system for model rocket A shuttle launch system for a model rocket which includes a model rocket engine having a propellant charge for propelling the model rocket in a first direction and an ejection charge for ejecting matter in a second direction generally opposite the first d... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5304090 | Toy helicopter having forwardly inclined rotor shaft A catapultable or rocket propelled toy helicopter (100,200) are provided that have foldable rotor blades (16 and 16') and a forwardly inclined rotor shaft surface (8) against which a rotor shaft (9) rests during flight that in combination with a balancing... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5199643 | Model aircraft variable geometry nozzle The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an operable variable geometry exhaust nozzle for scale model jet aircraft. A multiplicity of hinged, overlapping, nozzle blades circumferentially surround the exhaust nozzle thereby pro... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197452 | Liquid jet propelled transporter and launcher toy The present invention involves a liquid jet propelled transporter and launcher toy. The launcher has a housing with a reservoir for holding a predetermined amount of liquid therein less than the volume of a transporter container and related to that volume... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4923196 | Engine-spiraled, stabilized toy football An engine-spiraled, stabilized toy football including a skeleton made up of a plurality of spaced ribs collectively configured as a truncated football. An external skin of strong, thin plastic covers the skeleton. A generally conical zone at each end of t... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4687455 | Flying model rocket and method of recovery A flying model rocket includes a body made up of several telescoping segments with a model rocket engine at one end. The telescoping segments are movable between a retracted condition, for ease of transport and storage, and an extended condition, for grea... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4685289 | Power plant for model jet aircraft A ducted fan type model aircraft power plant having a mounting for a one cylinder internal combustion model aircraft engine. The preferred engine utilized a special vertically oriented carburetor. A duct is supported by a set of stators having an aerodyna... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4573937 | Jet propelled model airplane A line-controlled, centrifugal fan, jet-propelled model airplane is disclosed in which the impeller of a fan contained within the fuselage of the aircraft is driven from a remote drive unit by an elongated flexible cable contained within a flexible sheath... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4557107 | Power plant for model jet aircraft A ducted fan type model aircraft power plant having a mounting for a one cylinder internal combustion model aircraft engine. The preferred engine utilizes a special vertically oriented carburetor. A duct is supported by a set of stators having an aerodyna... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4466213 | Aerial flight device Two embodiments of a toylike aerial flight device having a simulated rocket configuration are described. The first embodiment is manually powered and the second embodiment is powered by a solid-fuel propellant cartridge having a thrust charge and a retro-... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4307857 | Ducted fan unit A ducted fan unit is installed in a scale model airplane the unit being positioned centrally within the hollowed fuselage, and including an engine, with fan assembled thereto, secured to an aerodynamically sleek mounting bracket, the mounting bracket is s... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4250658 | Ducted fan for model aircraft A ducted fan engine for model aircraft which is powered by a conventional model piston engine. The engine is mounted in a hollow portion of an inner core body and drives a multibladed fan. Two sets of stationary vanes are attached to the core body and a c... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4133139 | Jet-propelled model airplane A line-controlled, centrifugal fan, jet-propelled model airplane is disclosed in which the impeller of a fan contained within the fuselage of the aircraft is driven from a remote drive unit by an elongated flexible cable contained within a flexible sheath... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4096660 | Balloon powered airplane A balloon powered toy airplane including a one piece stick fuselage having a wing mounted thereon and a stabilizer and fin also mounted thereon. A balloon inflatable at one end with the other closed end secured to the fuselage. Secured to and depending fr... | 06/27/1978 |
| 3977120 | Toy rocket glider A delta winged toy rocket glider has improved stability in both powered and gliding flight. The glider has an ejectable rocket mounted forward of and above its center of gravity and a stabilizing surface extending transversely of and symmetrically to the ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3942441 | Model rocket-glider A model rocket, the nose cone of which is ejected clear of the rocket body after the rocket has spent its fuel, including means for replacing the ejected nose cone during flight with another nose cone and means for altering the configuration wing elevator... | 03/09/1976 |
