Launching device
OwnerMichael James Ciochettiinventor
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Abstract
A launching device for releasing an article from a line, such as a string of a kite while the kite is aloft. The launching device includes a body with at least one blade and means for rotatably mounting the body on the kite string, so that the wind on which the kite is aloft rotates the body on the string. In this manner, the rotation of the body serves to release the article when the article encounters the body while sliding up the string toward the kite.
Claims20
A launching device for releasing an article supported on a line, the launching device comprising:
- a body having at least one blade and means for releasing the article from the line;
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- means for rotatably mounting the body on the line so that wind flowing past the at least one blade is able to cause the body to rotate on the line;
- wherein the releasing means of the body is effective to dislodge the article from the line when the body rotates on the mounting means.
A launching system mountable to a string of a kite, the launching system comprising:
- an article having means for releasably securing the article to the string of the kite;
- an axle having means for securing the axle to the string of the kite;
- a wind turbine mountable on the axle so that the wind turbine freely rotates on the axle, the wind turbine comprising at least one blade capable of causing the article securing means to release the article from the string of the kite as the wind turbine rotates.
A launching system comprising:
- a kite;
- a string attached to the kite;
- an article having means for releasably securing the article to the string of the kite and means for enabling wind to push the article up the string toward the kite when the kite is aloft;
- an axle having means for securing the axle to the string of the kite;
- a wind turbine mounted on the axle so that the wind turbine freely rotates on the axle, the wind turbine comprising a tubular portion in which the axle is received, multiple blades extending radially outward from the tubular portion, and an annular portion that circumscribes portions of the blades such that the blades project axially outward from the annular portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.