US1617976A - Kite - Google Patents

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Feb. 15, 1927;

R. D.-WICKERSHAM KITE Filed July 2,` 192s Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

novA n.Y WIGKERSHAM, on Innanarcnrs, INDIANA, .as-:satanoaA on' onE-HLF'f'ro Y THADDEU'SR. BAKER, or

ArNDrAiv'Aronrs, 'rn-DIANA;-

KITE,

Application led Jruly 2,

which will have sutlicient lifting capacityy for practical use in sustaining banners 1n the air having thereon advertisements and a v 1n shape, as shown 1n Fig. A1. v`Th1s`corfncther announcements.

Ay further object is to provide a kite which is inexpensive to manufacture, and which can easily be put in knockdown form for storage and shipment, and as easily re-V assembled Vfor luse by'un'skilled persons.`

I accomplish A.the above, and other objects which will` hereafter appear by the vmeans illustrated in the. .accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1, is aview inside elevation of the assembled kite in' flying position;

Fig. Q, is a top planview on a somewhat larger scale; 'f

Fig. 3, is a front elevation of the kite shown in ig. 2;V

Fig. 4:, is a section on the line L1---11 of Fig. 9., showing in detail the manner of joining vertical and horizontal frame members;

Fig. 5, is a section of same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6, isa side elevationofthe kite of Figs. 2 and 3 in knockdown form.

Like characters of reference indicate like y parts in the several views of the drawing.

The kite comprises two rectangular planes, 7 and 8, each formed with ymarginal frames, preferably of thin, tough wood, in which 9 are the ends and 10 theV sides, clincher nailed at their intersections. The frames are filled with a paper or fabric material 11, preferably wrapped around the frame members and secured thereto by pasting or sewing in any usual and approved manner. f

The planes 7 and 8, are held in parallelv ism by posts 12, here shown as siX in num ber, there being a pair at or neareach end .of the planes and a pair midway of theend pairs. r where they contact with the respective planes, in a secure but detachable manner, here shown as by wire staples 13. These are formed by passing a wire of suitable length through a hole near the end' of post 12 then bending the projecting` ends toward i each other into contact with the post, then passing the two legs of the staple thus The ends of the posts are fastenedV 1926. serial N10. 119,996.

formed, through afhole inthe frame ofthe` plane to which the postend is to be joined,

and, finally,bendingfthe two'legs in"oppo.v site directions'into contact with thefrarnev` of the'plan'e, in the manner 'shown in Figs'.

4 and 5. f

The kite-body 14C is preferably triangularAv l and manner yof applicatiomfas described forli theplanes 7 'and'8y It is noted that the mid-- dle posts 12 are made a permanent part of the body 111- and that the body is detachable with said posts from the planes.

A kite string 16', yheld at its lower end in the usual manner by the person who is flying the kite, is attached to a band string 17, and the ends of string 17 are fas-v tened to the front framev member. of the lower plane, at or near the attachment o the poststherewith. f

In order to keep the planes, thus held by the string, at the vright angle to the wind to cause the kite to ascend and remain in the lair I provide a tail-plane 18, which com# prises a rectangular frame 19 of thin wood covered with paper or cloth 20. This tailplane is fastened to the lower strip 15, of the kite-body, by wire staples 13 similar in yconstruction and application to the staples 13 already described, except that the staples 13 pass through holes in the strip 15, instead of posts, and thence through holes in the frame 19. r

The weight of the' j tail-plane and the force of the air against it depress that end of the kite-body to which it is attached, l

thereby tilting the front planes. y the furtherrthe tail-plane is from the front Obviously,

planes the greater its action will beto de# press that end of the bodyv and'to secure a of the tail-plane at different Vdistances from the front planes.

Should the maXlmum rearward adjustment of the tail-plane still be insuiiicient,

aV kite-tail 23, of usual construction, may` be fastened to the rear end of body 14:.

Attention is directed to the preferred arrangement of the two front planes, withl the body and its planes leaving them free to be stacked.

I claim:

'1. The combination, in a kite, of a pair of parallel .planes each comprising a mar ginal frame and a lling of paper, a plurality of -posts between the planes having their ends-removably secured to the mar- Y ginal frames ofthe two planes, staples passed through the posts and contacting a post between each pair of legs, said legs passing thence through the. frame and bent against the opposite side of the frame from the posts to prevent accidental removal, a

pair of said posts Vbeing midway of the lengths of the planes, a body member secured to the last-mentioned middle` posts andV extending rearwardly of the pairof planes, a tail plane secured under andr to the tail plane, and a string attached to one of the front planes. Y f

2. The combination, in a kite, of a pair of parallel planes each comprising a marginal frame and a filling of paper, a plurality of posts between the `planes having their ends secured to the marginal frames of the two planes, fasteners at said ends comprising wire vstaples the legs of which re bendable for attachment and for separation of the posts and frames, a pair of said posts being midway of the lengths of the planes, a body member secured to the last-mentioned middle posts `and extending rearwardly of the pair of planes said body member comprising a marginal frainerand a filling of paper, 'a tailplane removably secured to and under the body-memberby staples and adjustable in its' distance from the pair of planes by'changing the points of attachment of the staples to the bodyframe and a string attached to one of the.

front planes. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BOY D. WICKERSHAM.

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