Inflatable plane assembly
AssigneeTerra Nova Media, LLC
InventorScott Paterra
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Abstract
An inflatable toy plane assembly is provided. The plane assembly includes inflatable wings, an inflatable fuselage, an inflatable empennage (tail area stabilizers), and/or other inflatable elements. Not all elements of the inflatable plane assembly are required to be inflatable, e.g., the wings may be inflatable, and the fuselage may not. The plane assembly preferably includes one or more valves to facilitate the inflating and deflating of the plane's inflatable elements. In use, the inflatable plane assembly is deflated for compact storage (e.g., rolled up) and subsequently inflated when preparing the assembly for flight. The plane includes detachable wings and/or detachable tail stabilizers that are detached for storage, and subsequently reattached to the plane's fuselage and inflated for use.
Claims10
An inflatable toy airplane comprising:
- a fuselage body including an inner volume and a first at least one cavity within the inner volume, the first at least one cavity including a first at least one cavity entrance extending from outside the fuselage body to the first at least one cavity;
- a first inflatable wing member adapted to be releasably attached to the fuselage body and including a first wing proximal end and a first wing distal end, the first wing proximal end including a first mount adapted to be received into the first at least one cavity, the first mount including a first cross section with a first cross section size, the first cross section size increasable from a first deflated cross section size when the first mount is deflated to a first inflated cross section size when the first mount is inflated, the first deflated cross section size less than a cross section of the first at least one cavity entrance and the first inflated cross section size greater than the cross section of the first at least one cavity entrance.
An inflatable toy aircraft comprising:
- an aircraft body including an inner volume and a first at least one cavity within the inner volume, the first at least one cavity including a first at least one cavity entrance extending from outside the aircraft body to the first at least one cavity;
- a first inflatable wing member adapted to be releasably attached to the aircraft body and including a first wing proximal end and a first wing distal end, the first wing proximal end including a first mount adapted to be received into the first at least one cavity, the first mount including a first cross section with a first cross section size, the first cross section size increasable from a first deflated cross section size when the first mount is deflated to a first inflated cross section size when the first mount is inflated, the first deflated cross section size less than a cross section of the first at least one cavity entrance and the first inflated cross section size greater than the cross section of the first at least one cavity entrance.
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