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US 6,685,135 B2Granted
Lift system intended for free-falling persons
OwnerAlban Geisslerinventor
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Abstract
A lift system is described for free-falling persons including a lift body with a belt system which can be detachably attached to a person. The lift body is designed so that it defines a direction of flight in the longitudinal axis of the person, and a device for detaching the lift system in a free-fall phase, a flight phase or a landing phase from the person. The lift body has an overall delta-wing shaped design.
Claims8
A sky flying apparatus for prolonging a free-fall phase of a free-falling person, the sky flying apparatus comprising:
- unitary rigid a lift-generating body having a longitudinal axis, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the longitudinal axis of the lift body extending along a longitudinal axis of the free falling person and defining a direction of flight in the free-fall phase, a width of the lift body increasing from the leading edge toward the trailing edge to a width significantly larger than the body of the free-falling person, thereby defining an overall delta wing shaped lift body, the lift body further having a cutout region at the leading edge thereof for accommodating a parachute attached to the free-falling person,
- a belt system attached to the lift body and allowing the lift body to be detachably attached to the free-falling person, and
- a device for detaching the lift body in the free-fall phase, a flight phase or a landing phase from the free-falling person.
A sky flying apparatus, for prolonging free-fall of a person wearing the sky flying apparatus, comprising:
- unitary rigid lift-generating body defining a central longitudinal axis, the lift-generating body having a tapering leading edge and a trailing edge with a width of the lift-generating body continuously increasing from the leading edge toward the trailing edge until the leading edge merges with the trailing edge at a maximum width dimension which is significantly larger than a width of the person wearing the sky flying apparatus thereby defining an overall delta wing shaped lift body;
- the longitudinal axis of the lift body extending along a longitudinal axis of the person wearing the sky flying apparatus to define a direction of flight for the person during free-fall;
- the lift-generating body further having a cutout region, for accommodating a parachute attached to the person, formed along the leading edge and extending rearwardly toward the trailing edge, the cutout region being coincident with the central longitudinal axis of the lift-generating body, and a rearward portion of the lift-generating body spacing the cutout region from the trailing edge;
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- a belt system attached to an undersurface of the lift-generating body for allowing the lift-generating body to be releasably attached and detached from the person.
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