Human free-flight launcher
OwnerNoah Shopsowitzinventor
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Abstract
A human free-flight launcher including a seat positioned within a tetrahedral frame and supported therein by elasticized cords which, upon retraction of the seat within the interior of the tetrahedral support frame, come under tension to cause the seat, upon its release, to be propelled forward launching the person seated therein into free-flight through an open face of the tetrahedral support frame.
Claims15
A free-flight launcher comprising a tetrahedrally shaped support frame, a cradle for releasably holding a person to be launched into free-flight, an elastic means for securing the cradle to each corner of one triangular face of the tetrahedrally shaped support frame, and means for retracting the cradle from a rest position to a launch position and thereby tensioning the elastic means, the arrangement being such that upon release of the cradle from the launch position, said cradle is propelled forward with the person contained therein being launched from the cradle when the elastic means reaches a maximum forward extension.
A free-flight launcher comprising a support frame shaped as a regular solid, a cradle for releasably holding a person to be launched into free-flight, at least three elasticized cords for securing the cradle within one of the faces of the support frame, and means for retracting the cradle from a rest position to a launch position and thereby tensioning the elastic means, the arrangement being such that upon release of the cradle from the launch position, said cradle is propelled forward with the person contained therein being launched from the cradle when the elastic means reaches a maximum forward extension.
A free flight launcher comprising:
- a) a support frame, said frame comprising support members which form an open face,
- b) elasticized cords attached to the support members forming said open face at three different positions,
- c) a cradle for releasably holding a person to be launched into free-flight, said cradle being attached to said frame by means of said elasticized cords, and
- d) means for retracting the cradle from a rest position to a launch position and thereby tensioning the elastic means, the arrangement being such that upon release of the cradle from the launch position, said cradle is propelled through said open face with the person contained therein being launched from the cradle when the elastic means reaches a maximum forward extension.
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