Flying arrangement

• US 7,465,236 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2003
• Issued: 12/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dieter Wagels
• Original Assignee: Dieter Wagels
• Inventors: Wagels, Dieter
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kien T
• Application Number:
  US10/528,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20060058106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,909 Days
• Field of Search: 472/59, 472/60, 472/130, 472/131, 472/136, 472/137, 434/34, 434/35, 434/55
• US Class Current: 472/130
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/00 Amusement arrangements hoop exercising apparatus driven by the user A63B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/001 Flying saucers

Abstract

A flying arrangement, consisting of at least one flying unit (10) that is able to start vertically and that can accommodate at least one person for flying freely within at least a hall (100,200), the boundaries (2,3,4,5,6) of which prevent a flying unit (10) from leaving the hall (100,200,300).

Claims

1. A flying arrangement, comprising:

a non-pressurized hall with boundaries;

at least one flying unit that can accommodate at least one person, the at least one flying unit comprising means for flying freely within the hall;

at least one control means; and

a tunnel assembly including self looping flying tunnels providing a closed path through which the at least one flying unit can move;

wherein said hall comprises boundary means for allowing said at least one flying unit to fly within the boundaries of said hall; and

wherein the boundary means and the control means of said flying arrangement prevent said at least one flying unit from leaving said hall and from colliding with said boundaries of said hall without safety risk to the at least one person.

2. The flying arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flying unit is designed as a flying disk with a platform, in the center of which space for the person is provided and which also includes a lifting unit assembly.

3. The flying arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein the lifting units are electrically driven.

4. The flying arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein fuel burning motors for driving the lifting units are included on the platform.

5. The flying arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein the lifting units are designed in the form of rocket boosters.

6. The flying arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one flying unit is equipped with a position-detection device.

7. The flying arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the flying unit comprises a remote control device by which the flying unit can be controlled.

8. The flying arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one flying unit has distance sensors that are connected to the remote control device.

9. The flying arrangement in accordance with claim 1, wherein the flying unit can be guided to a landing position on the ground by means of a remote control device.

10. The flying arrangement of claim 1, wherein the at least one flying unit has no inherent buoyancy.

11. The flying arrangement of claim 1, wherein the hall boundaries are at least partially open.

12. The flying arrangement of claim 1, wherein said hall has a horizontal dimension at least 20 times a horizontal dimension of said at least one flying unit, and wherein said hall has a vertical dimension at least 20 times a height of said at least one flying unit.

13. A flying arrangement, comprising:

a hall with boundaries;

at least one flying unit that is able to start vertically and that can accommodate at least one person for flying freely within the hall, wherein said hall is designed to allow said at least one flying unit to fly freely and safely within the boundaries of said hall and wherein the boundaries of said hall and the operation of said at least one flying unit are designed to prevent without safety risk said at least one flying unit from leaving said hall and to collide with said boundaries of said hall and, wherein the hall comprises at least two zones;

a remote control device operative to restrict flying with a flying unit to one of the zones or to certain zones; and

a tunnel assembly including self looping flying tunnels providing a closed path through which the at least one flying unit can move.

14. The flying arrangement of claim 13, wherein said hall has a horizontal dimension at least 20 times a horizontal dimension of said at least one flying unit, and wherein said hall has a vertical dimension at least 20 times a height of said at least one flying unit.

15. A flying arrangement, comprising:

a hall with boundaries;

at least one non-buoyant flying unit comprising;

a lifting unit assembly with control means for allowing the flying unit to start vertically and to fly freely within the hall, and

accommodations for supporting at least one person in the flying unit for flying freely within the hall; and

a tunnel assembly including self looping flying tunnels providing a closed path through which the at least one flying unit can move;

wherein said hall comprises boundary means for allowing said at least one flying unit to fly within the boundaries of said hall; and

wherein the boundary means and the control means of said at least one flying unit prevent said at least one flying unit from leaving said hall and from colliding with said boundaries of said hall without safety risk to the at least one person.

16. The flying arrangement of claim 15, wherein the hall is non-pressurized.

17. The flying arrangement of claim 15, wherein the flying unit comprises a flying disk with a platform, the platform including space for the person and a lifting unit assembly.

18. The flying arrangement of claim 15, wherein at least one flying unit is equipped with a position-detection device.

19. The flying arrangement of claim 15, further comprising a remote control device by which the flying unit can be controlled.

20. The flying arrangement of claim 15, wherein said hall has a horizontal dimension at least 20 times a horizontal dimension of said at least one flying unit, and wherein said hall has a vertical dimension at least 20 times a height of said at least one flying unit.

21. A flying arrangement, comprising:

a non-pressurized hall;

at least one non-buoyant flying unit comprising;

means for supporting at least one person in the flying unit, and

a lifting unit assembly with control means operable by at least one person in the flying unit to allow the flying unit to start vertically and to fly freely within the hall without risking damage to any flying units in the hall or harm to persons in the flying units and without requiring the at least one person in the flying unit to have flight experience or training;

wherein said hall comprises at least one boundary operative to prevent said at least one flying unit from exiting the hall; and

a remote control operative to overrule the control means of the at least one flying unit when the flying unit approaches a hall boundary to prevent the flying unit from colliding with said boundary.

22. The flying arrangement of claim 21, wherein the remote control is further operative to overrule the control means of the at least one flying unit when the flying unit attempts to exit a circumscribed area of the hall to prevent the flying unit from leaving the circumscribed area.