Toy glider target game
OwnerMilton J. Dinhoferinventor
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Abstract
A flying glider game has a lightweight glider, a launcher and a target attached to the launcher or hand-held. The glider includes a U-shaped planar wing with elongated outwardly projecting side stabilizers, rear ailerons, a rounded nose with an upwardly curved leading edge, and a rigid nosepiece connected thereto. The nosepiece is provided with a finger grip, a rubber band hook, a rectractable trigger pin, wing fasteners and adjustable weight fasteners.
Claims21
A flying game comprising in combination:
- a) (A) a toy glider including a thin plastic unitary planar swept back delta wing having parallel plane top and bottom surfaces of uniform thickness defining a uniform cross-section, lateral distal ends of said wing tapering upwards and extending from a leading edge of the wing to a trailing edge of the wing and being parallel to each other and a longitudinal axis of the glider and defining laterally extending thin planar stabilizers of the same thickness as the wing, individual ailerons integrally formed at the trailing edge of said wing along a horizontal surface, located in a forward part of said wing and having an independent plastic nosepiece attached thereto;
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- b) (A) a launching device having a short length channel of concave configuration, with resilient means of a rubber band mounted to a front end of the device, a pistol grip mounted to a rear of the device and extending downwards therefrom, the pistol grip having a pivotally mounted trigger with trigger means protruding upwards into the channel and being spring activated to return to a load position after each launch.
An ultra-light toy glider comprising a thin low density cellular plastic unitary planar wing of swept back delta configuration and having parallel plane top and bottom surfaces, said wing having a substantially rounded leading edge along a horizontal plane extending in an arc tangentially from one side of the wing to the other side thereof, a rounded nose, lateral end stabilizers extending from the leading edge of the wing to a trailing edge, parallel to a longitudinal axis and positioned substantially closer to the longitudinal axis meeting the forward edge of the the wing and being substantially closer to the ends of said rounded nose, said leading edge being further configured with an upward curved fillet extending around the entire arc and blending with the forward end of said stabilizers providing a U frame around the horizontal planar surface, individual ailerons integrally formed at the trailing edge of said wing along the horizontal surface and being preset to determine the trajectory of said glider, said wing having apertures centrally located in the forward part of said wing, a rigid plastic nosepiece positioned behind the leading edge of said wing and forward of the center of gravity of said wing and said nosepiece combined, said nosepiece having, in one unitary molded piece, depending projections, and means for absorbing and distributing the stresses on said wing during loading and on launch and impact.
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