Aircraft shelter and rigging
OwnerRonald Keklak, Hubert H. Loewenhardtinventors
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Abstract
A lightweight economical and portable structure for small aircraft includes fixed upright tail and wing tip posts and a lightweight generally horizontal boom extending forwardly from the tail post bisecting a line between the two wing tip posts. Cross arms parallel to the boom are secured to the wing tip posts. A similar cross arm extending at right angles to the boom is attached to the tail post. From the ends of the cross arms and points on the boom, the structure is rigged with rope and strong lightweight fabric is cut, sewn and laced on the rope rigging and is supported thereby in overhead relationship to an aircraft beneath it on the ground. Additional wing booms may be suspended beneath the wing covering fabric sections for added stability.
Claims9
An aircraft shelter comprising a pair of fixed upstanding wing tip posts and a single tail post arranged in a triangular array with the single tail post extending for a substantial distance above ground level, a generally horizontal boom disposed substantially midway between said wing tip posts and having its rear end attached to the tail post at an intermediate elevation on the tail post, cross arms on the wing tip posts near the elevation of said boom and substantially parallel to the boom, a single cross arm on said tail post near the elevation of said boom and substantially at right angles thereto, rope suspension means for said boom on said tail post and stabilizing the forward end of the boom, generally horizontal rope rigging interconnecting said boom with the cross arms of the wing tip posts, additional generally horizontal rigging connected with the cross arm of the tail post and the first-named rigging, and fabric aircraft wing and tail area coverings secured to said riggings, said boom underlying said fabric coverings.
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