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US 4,065,873 AGranted
Flying saucer toy
OwnerRobert Alexander Jonesinventor
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Abstract
The hollow, molded plastic annular body of a flying saucer toy includes integrally molded circumferentially spaced tetrahedrons projecting outwardly from the lower wall radially external of the body central opening and pitched in opposition to the propeller to stabilize the saucer during flight and promote a rapid rotation of the annular body in a direction opposite to that of the propeller.
Claims10
A toy flying saucer comprising:
- an annular body, said annular body being generally frustoconical in cross section including upper and lower radial walls converging in a radially outward direction and joined at their radially inner ends by a sidewall which extends generally vertically therebetween and which defines an axial opening therein,
- motor support means spanning said opening and fixed to said body at circumferentially spaced positions,
- a motor mounted on said support means and having a drive shaft disposed along the vertical axis of the body,
- propeller means fixed to said shaft for rotation at right angles to the shaft axis to create air flow downwardly through said opening to lift the body vertically upward, and
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced tetrahedron shaped fins extending outwardly from the lower wall of said body, radially outside of said body opening and pitched opposite to said propeller means.
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