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US 4,399,963 AGranted
Elastic tail skid for gliders and light air planes
OwnerHerbert Schaferinventor
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Abstract
A tail skid mounted to the airframe of a glider of a light air plane comprises a body of elastic material, a support plate imbedded in the elastic body and a skid wheel yieldingly supported in a metal frame mounted to the skid body and elastically connected to the support frame.
Claims18
An elastic tail skid for gliders and light air planes, comprising a tail skid body to be mounted on the airframe, said body being made out of elastic material and formed with a recess;
- a skid element establishing a ground support when the glider or air plane is landed, said skid element being mounted in said recess;
- a support plate imbedded in said body, said skid element being yieldingly supported on said support plate;
- and a vertical spacer bolt rigidly mounted on said support plate, said skid element having a front end and being pivotally supported with said front end relative to said vertical spacer bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.