Aerial projectile
OwnerRen Judkinsinventor
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Abstract
An aerial projectile including a skeletal shell and a baffling material confined and/or supported by the skeletal shell. The skeletal shell is fabricated from a resilient, durable, light-weight and deformation resistant material such as nylon or other suitable plastic. The skeletal shell is formed with a predetermined shape generally defining a spatial configuration which may be spherical, ovoidal, ellipsoidal, hemispherical, or the like. The baffling material is in the form of a lightweight, resilient material such as plastic foam or the like. The baffling material forms at least a part of the external contour of the aerial projectile and may even be used to form protruding vanes or fins for the aerial projectile.
Claims13
A method for selectively controlling the flight trajectory of an aerial projectile comprising the steps of:
- forming a skeletal shell for the aerial projectile, the skeletal shell generally defining a three-dimensional configuration of the aerial projectile;
- confining within said shell a body of resilient, highly flexible plastic foam which serves as baffling material to increase wind resistance to the flight of said projectile and to cushion the impact of said projectile;
- providing a plurality of openings in the skeletal shell so as to permit portions of said baffling material to protrude through said openings substantially beyond the periphery of said shell, thereby increasing the wind resistance to said projectile during flight providing an impact absorbent periphery;
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- altering the flight pattern of the aerial projectile by adjusting the amount of baffling material which protrudes from said openings so as to selectively alter the degree of wind resistance imparted to the aerial projectile by the protruded and exposed baffling material.
An aerial projectile comprising in combination:
- a resilient, highly flexible plastic foam which serves as baffling material to effectively increase wind resistance to said projectile's flight;
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- a shell formed from resilient material which resists deformation after impact, said shell encircling said baffling material and having a plurality of openings formed therein through which portions of said baffling material protrude substantially beyond the periphery of said shell to increase wind resistance to said projectile's flight.
An aerial projectile comprising in combination:
- a resilient, highly flexible plastic foam which serves as baffling material to effectively increase wind resistance to said projectile's flight;
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- a shell formed from resilient material which resists deformation after impact, said shell having an essentially spherical configuration and encircling said baffling material, said shell further having a plurality of openings through which portions of said baffling material protrude substantially beyond the periphery of said shell to increase wind resistance to said projectile's flight, said openings being essentially symmetrically oriented about the periphery of said shell and said openings further being of sufficient size in relation to the overall periphery of said shell that said baffling material protrudes sufficiently beyond the periphery of said shell to substantially form a second impact absorbent periphery about said shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.