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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1977
Saul I Slater, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Hov-Air-Ship, Inc.,, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
An airship and a magnetically operated anchoring assembly adapted to provide rotation of the airship with respect to the ground, includes a gondola mounted to an envelope structure adapted to house lighter-than-air gas as well as any enclosures which may be used for containing the gas and a magnet device mounted to and operable from the gondola for attraction to a magnetically attractive anchoring structure secured to the ground. As preferably embodied, the magnet device is adapted to permit rotation of the gondola about the anchor point and the gondola is mounted to the envelope so as to be positionable at various desirable points under the longitudinal axis of the airship. Alternatively, the magnet may be mounted to a generally front-facing portion of the airship and the anchoring structure includes a mast with a magnetically attracting cylinder rotatably mounted to the mast at a height sufficient to enable mating with the magnet device on the airship.