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US 2025/0066003 A1Published application
Kite rigging control apparatus
OwnerMarkus Domboisinventor
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Abstract
A kite rigging control apparatus and method of use. A hand-actuated bailout trigger and optional depower handle is incorporated into the rigging of the traction kite. Should the kite begin to overpower the kiter, the kiter may immediately and easily depower the kite or readily activate the bailout trigger which immediately ceases the pull of the kite. The kiter may then safely recover the kite.
Claims16
A control apparatus for a traction kite, the control apparatus comprising:
- an elongated member having a first distally located attachment point, and a second distally located attachment point, the first distally located attachment point and the second distally located attachment point being connectable to at least two steering lines;
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- a hand-actuated bailout trigger, connectably attached between the traction kite and the elongated member, the hand-actuated bailout trigger configured to release at least one center line of the traction kite from a user-worn harness.
A method for manufacture of a traction kite control apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing an elongated member having first and second distally located attachment points, the first and second distally located attachment points connectable to at least two steering lines;
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- providing a hand-actuated bailout trigger connectably attached between a traction kite and the elongated member.
A control apparatus for a traction kite, the control apparatus comprising:
- an elongated member having first and second distally located attachment points, the first and second distally located attachment points having a means for being connectable to at least two steering lines;
- and a hand-actuated bailout trigger connectably attached between the traction kite and the elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.