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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
May. 28, 1993
Tim V Milligan, Canon City, CO (US);
Centuri Corporation, Penrose, CO (US);
Abstract
A recoverable aerial toy having a gyro-rotating recovery system that includes a main body which extends along a longitudinal axis, a rotor hub element mounted on the main body and rotatable relative thereto about the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of rotor blades. The rotor blades are hingedly coupled to the rotor hub element for rotation therewith about the axis and for hinged movement relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, such that the rotor blades extend along the longitudinal axis when disposed in the closed position and extend radially relative to the axis and outward from the main body when disposed in the open position. The aerial toy apparatus further includes a releasable retaining element that is carried on the main body and movable relative thereto between a hold position and a release position, for selectively holding the rotor blades in the closed position when the retaining element is disposed in the hold position, and for releasing the blades into the open position when the retaining element is disposed in the release position.