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US 8,007,337 B1Granted
Universal flying hawk
OwnerDouglas D. DeMasi, Sr.inventor
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OwnerDouglas D. DeMasi, Sr.inventor
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A multi-use recreational product fully assembled constitutes a toy that can be towed on water and on snow and in the air, and when airborne, the rider can detach the tow rope and use the product as a glider. The toy disassembled, separates a wing section from a fuselage or tail section. The wing section is independently usable as a wakeboard; longitudinally extending fins which provide stability in movement of the assembled product in water and air and easier lift-off into the latter, also aid in control of the wakeboard in water and on snow. The fuselage or tail section is independently usable as a surfboard or water ski, wakeboard, snowboard or kneeboard. As a surfboard, it would be inverted so that thin vertical fins on the wider tail end of its upper surface when used as the fuselage, would extend into the water. Control elements exist on the appropriate surfaces of the sections to enable rider steerage of the sections and/or assembled product.
A rider recreational product having a wing section and a fuselage or tail section for skimming on water and flying through the air aerodynamically and separable along a common horizontal plane into two sections, comprising a first section constituting the wing of the product and deriving its lift in flight from the reaction forces resulting from its motion through air and independently usable as a rideable element, and a second section constituting the fuselage or tail section of the product and independently usable as a surfboard or ski.
A rider recreational product having a wing and a fuselage or tail section for skimming on water and flying through the air aerodynamically and separable along a common horizontal plane into two sections, comprising a first section constituting the wing of the product when the wing section is attached to the recreational product and deriving its lift in flight from the reaction forces resulting from its motion through air and independently usable as a rideable element, and a second section constituting the fuselage or tail section of the product and independently usable as a surfboard or ski, the first section having longitudinally-extending control fins on its underside for withstanding rugged or slow turns in water and air.
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