Parachute rocket toy
AssigneeEasebon Services Limited
InventorSteven J. Huebl
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Abstract
A parachute rocket toy in which the parachute is attached to the rocket by spars is provided. A preferred embodiment uses semi-rigid spars attached to a ring that surrounds the rocket body and may slide along the body. As a portion of the parachute deploys, it may pull on the closest spars, which in turn pull the connector ring to the top of the rocket. As the ring slides to the top of the rocket, it pushes the spars, and thus the parachute, outward. A tail may be wrapped around the parachute to hold it in place for launch and ascent. After the tail unwraps, it may facilitate deployment of the parachute.
Claims14
A toy rocket, comprising:
- an elongate body;
- a connecting ring slidably disposed around the body;
- a parachute reconfigurable between a collapsed condition and an open condition;
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- a plurality of at least partially rigid spars connecting the parachute and the connecting ring.
A method of using a toy rocket, comprising:
- providing a toy rocket comprising an elongate rocket body attached to a parachute;
- sliding a connecting ring disposed around the body toward the tail end so that a plurality of at least partially rigid spars interconnecting the connecting ring and the parachute are disposed in a substantially vertical orientation;
- folding the parachute into a collapsed configuration about the rocket body;
- launching the toy rocket so that after reaching an apex of height, the rocket body slides downwardly through the connecting ring so that the plurality of at least partially rigid spars move the parachute in a radially outward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.