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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
David C. Fischer, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/106 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring and displaying the altitude of a kite in the air includes a device for measuring the length of the kite line that has been unwound from the reel and a device that produces a signal to a microprocessor that represents the angle the kite line makes with the horizontal. The height of the kite, which is computed from the measured line length and angle, is displayed.