Flying Toy Figure

• US 20130260635A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanous Works, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tanous Works, LLC
• Inventors: Tanous, Gregory David
• Application Number:
  US13/869,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20130260635A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/34
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/00 Toy aircraft; Other flying toys toys with parachutes A63H33/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

A remote controlled flying toy figure has a thrust-powered, weight shifting rudder head. The flying toy figure comprises a head, a body, a propulsion system, and a control system. The head is attached to the body by a flexible support member, making the head securely fixed in flexible relation to the body, thus permitting a yawing motion of the head relative to the body. The propulsion system comprises two independently operable motorized propellers, each of which is attached to opposite ends of a steering bar. The steering bar and head form an integral steering unit. Increasing the thrust from one of the propellers causes the figure to turn in the opposite direction. This increased thrust causes the steering bar to yaw, which moves the center of gravity of the head to the opposite side of the center line of the body, which causes the figure to bank towards the turn.

Claims

1. A flying toy figure comprising:

a body having a top member and a base member, said base member having a 5-section folded configuration comprising a middle section, two transitional sections, and two exterior sections;

the two transitional sections being joined to opposite sides of the middle section along transitional/middle fold lines;

each of the two exterior sections being joined to one of the transitional sections on the side of the transitional section opposite that of the middle section, each of said exterior sections being joined to the transitional section along an exterior/transitional fold line;

wherein the base member is folded at the transitional/middle fold lines such that the middle section forms a bottom wing of the body, and the transitional sections form side member of the body;

wherein the base member is folded at the exterior/transitional fold lines such that the exterior sections form lateral wings extending laterally from the body; and

wherein the top member is joined to the base member such that the top member forms a top wing of the body.

2. The flying toy figure of claim 1, further comprising a head connected to the body by a flexible support member, said flexible support member adapted to accommodate the head moving in a yawing motion with respect to the body.

3. The flying toy figure of claim 2, wherein the head is flat and oriented vertically with respect to the body.

4. The flying toy figure of claim 2, further comprising:

a steering bar rigidly connected to the head;

a propulsion system having two propulsion units, each of which propulsion units is connected to opposite ends of the steering bar; and

a control system for controlling the propulsion system, said control system configured to receive electronic signals from a wireless control device.

5. The flying toy figure of claim 3, further comprising:

a steering bar rigidly connected to the head;

a propulsion system having two propulsion units, each of which propulsion units is connected to opposite ends of the steering bar; and

a control system for controlling the propulsion system, said control system configured to receive electronic signals from a wireless control device.

6. The flying toy figure of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the control system is mounted to the head.

7. The flying toy figure of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the control system is mounted to the steering bar.

8. The flying toy figure of claim 4, wherein the steering bar is a font wing.

9. The flying toy figure of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more elevators positioned at an aft portion of the body;

one or more servos mounted to the body for controlling the movement of the one or more elevators; and

a control system configured for controlling the servos, said control system configured to receive electronic signals from a wireless control device.

10. The flying toy figure of claim 9, wherein the one or more servos is further configured for controlling the movement of at least one of the lateral wings.

11. The flying toy figure of claim 9, further comprising a head connected to the body by a flexible support member, said flexible support member adapted to accommodate the head moving in a yawing motion with respect to the body.

12. The flying toy figure of claim 10, further comprising a head connected to the body by a flexible support member, said flexible support member adapted to accommodate the head moving in a yawing motion with respect to the body.

13. The toy figure of claim 11, wherein the head is flat and oriented vertically with respect to the body.

14. The toy figure of claim 12, wherein the head is flat and oriented vertically with respect to the body.

15. The flying toy figure of claim 11, further comprising:

a steering bar rigidly connected to the head; and

a propulsion system having two propulsion units, each of which propulsion units is connected to opposite ends of the steering bar;

wherein the control system is further configured for controlling the propulsion system.

16. The flying toy figure of claim 12, further comprising:

a steering bar rigidly connected to the head; and

a propulsion system having two propulsion units, each of which propulsion units is connected to opposite ends of the steering bar;

wherein the control system is further configured for controlling the propulsion system.

17. The flying toy figure of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the control system is mounted to the head.

18. The flying toy figure of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the control system is mounted to the steering bar.

19. The flying toy figure of claim 15, wherein the steering bar is a font wing.

20. The flying toy figure of claim 1, further comprising:

a head connected to the body by a flexible support member, wherein the head is flat and oriented vertically with respect to the body, and said flexible support member adapted to accommodate the head moving in a yawing motion with respect to the body;

a steering bar rigidly connected to the head;

a propulsion system having two propulsion units, each of which propulsion units is connected to opposite ends of the steering bar;

a control system configured for controlling the propulsion system, said control system configured to receive electronic signals from a wireless control device;

one or more elevators positioned at an aft portion of the body;

one or more servos mounted to the body for controlling the movement of the one or more elevators, said control system further configured to control the one or more servos, and the one or more servos further configured to control the movement of at least one of the lateral wings.