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Paper airplane folding device

  • US 5,630,781 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1994
  • Issued: 05/20/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for forming a sheet of paper into an aerodynamic configuration, the device having an entrance end and an exit end, the device comprising in combination:

  • a base member having a forward end, a rearward end, a top surface and a bottom surface, a channel formed centrally within said top surface of said base member;

    a curved entrance member having a top portion and a bottom portion, a first side and a second side, said bottom portion of said curved entrance member being secured to said top surface of said base member;

    a triangular first wing shaping member having a base portion and an apex portion, a top surface and a bottom surface, said apex of said first wing shaping member being secured to said first side of said curved entrance member, said base of said first wing shaping member resting upon said top surface of said base member;

    a triangular second wing shaping member having a base portion and an apex portion, said apex of said second wing shaping member being secured to said second side of said curved entrance member, said base of said second wing shaping member resting upon said top surface of said base member;

    a first triangular tail shaping member having a base portion and an apex portion, a straight edge and a slanted edge, said straight edge of said first triangular tail shaping member being secured to said first wing shaping member such that said first tail shaping member and said first wing shaping member form a 90°

    angle with respect to one another;

    a second triangular tail shaping member having a base portion and an apex portion, a straight edge and a slanted edge, said straight edge of said second tail shaping member being secured to said second wing shaping member such that said second tail shaping member and said second wing shaping member form a 90°

    angle with respect to one another;

    an elongated paper reaming implement having a first end and a second end, said second end of said paper reaming member having a clip secured thereon, said paper reaming implement adapted to be inserted within said channel upon said upper surface of said base member;

    a plurality of resilient elements adapted to encircle the entire device and resiliently urge said first wing shaping member, said second wing shaping member, said first tail shaping member and said second tail shaping member towards said base member.

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