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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244162 | Model stick plane The present invention relates to a stick fuselage of a model aircraft that also combines an aircraft nose and a main wing brace. The stick fuselage adopts a transverse H-beam as a main body. Two sides of the main body have continuously annular bodies as reinforcemen... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6638132 | Rubber band driving device for two-propeller model plane A rubber band driving device for two-propeller model plane, mainly comprising a power rubber band 1, a wooden skeletal bar 2, a rubber band winder 3, a rubber band locator 4, a power distributor 5, transmission bars 6, support bars 7, a left propeller gea... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632119 | Winding device and ornithopter utilizing same The present invention relates to a winding device and a flying toy ornithopter device which employs the winding device. The flying toy ornithopter comprises a hollow body which simulates the appearance of a bird, insect or flying machine. A pair of wings ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6428380 | Method and apparatus for applying a transparent skin to a model airplane A model airplane includes a main body component, a wing component, a horizontal stabilizer component, and a vertical stabilizer component. At least some of the components are fabricated of a shell of lightweight wood with spaces therebetween. A sheet of l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5947785 | Flying wing toy A flying wing toy including a rigid planar body, a wing of flexible sheet material affixed to the body and preshaped with flexible leading and lateral edges and flexible, flanking stabilizers extending rearwardly, a propeller rotatably mounted to the fron... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5775917 | Propeller-driven educational vehicle apparatus A propeller-driven educational vehicle for teaching science, mathematics, technology, and research methodology. The educational vehicle includes a body, one pair of wheels at the front end of the body and a second pair of wheels at the front end of the bo... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5525087 | Toy aeroplane A toy airplane generally has a fuselage, a nose assembly, a tail assembly, a hear train connected with a double rubber band forming a transmission mechanism, a propeller, a pair of wing seats on the fuselage, a plurality of wings and an undercarriage unde... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5364298 | Toy airplane launcher and winder A toy airplane launcher apparatus includes a toy airplane having an electric or rubberband motor for rotating a prop which is rotatably mounted to the airplane. The launcher has a guide rail which slidably carries a rear launcher section which is slidable... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5194029 | Floatable structure propelling mechanism A floatable structure propelling mechanism is combined with a floatable structure filled with helium gas to propel the floatable structure for flying in the air. The floatable structure propelling mechanism comprises a pair of lateral fins supported for s... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5163861 | Wing-operated flying toy, and a process for automatically locking the wings, at the end of a flight Process and apparatus providing the automatic locking of the wings of a wing-operated flying toy, wherein a locking device associated with the operating mechanism is applied, under the effect of elastic pressure, against a notch or slot of the circular di... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4655719 | Delayed-release suspension device A delayed-release suspension system for rubberband powered flying toys includes a wire-like hanger arm affixed to the forward end of a fuselage of an airplane, the hanger arm being inclined rearwardly at an angle from the vertical of 10° to 25° and prov... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4629438 | Rubber band powered motor for model airplane A rubber band powered motor for a model airplane is provided having dual parallel drive shafts from which perpendicularly extend through the wing portions of the plane rubber band motor units, which comprise tape rollers, non-elastic tapes, guide rollers ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4318455 | Fast-winding spring motor Spring motor for toy vehicles mainly comprising a spring constituted by a twisting rubber skein driving a driving-shaft connected to the propeller by a gear transmission and carrying a maneuvering endpiece receiving a winding crank which crosses the circl... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4280298 | Toy model flying machine A model airplane comprising an elongated body rectangular in cross-section having a propeller coupled to one end which is rotatable by an elastic band. Two thin elongated fins are adapted to be removably attached to the body at positions such that they fo... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4137666 | Toy vehicle with optical weapons system A toy vehicle includes an optical sighting system having a lens, a focusing screen upon which images are focused by the lens, and a mirror to invert and transmit the images upward out of the toy body to a viewer. The toy vehicle further includes a complem... | 02/06/1979 |
| 3952448 | Toy airplane The toy airplane includes a paraglide wing positioned over a fuselage, and a flat connecting structure shaped in the form of a lifelike being is mounted on the fuselage and connects the paraglide wing to the fuselage. A propeller is rotatably supported at... | 04/27/1976 |
