US3828466A - Flying saucer - Google Patents

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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H33/00—Other toys
  • A63H33/18—Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys

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• Said rings also exert a controlled drag on the upper surface of the saucer to help prevent'rolloff or rollover.
• Also 7 consisting of an outer ring with a flatter cone-shaped lower foresurface to act as lift, simular to flaps on an aircraft, which also tends to prevent rollover, yet cause a more stable flight with a much thinner overall thickness of the saucer, thereby reducing the overall aerodynamic drag during flight.
• Saucer also having an optional hole in the center with downward projecting cone center shaped center section, for either catching it on the finger of the player, or used in games where stakes are used, thus throwing the saucer on the stake through the hole.
• Said cone may also have downward projecting hooks on its lower surface and be shot and whirled into flight with an elastic member.
• Saucer may contain a lower projecting ridge on the under surface of the plateaus upper surface of the larger saucers. Said ridges may also be accompanied with raised dimples adjacent to them, being there tohook the finger tips of the thrower, for a more comfortable grip, and more controled flight while being thrown.
• an object of this invention is to provide an aerodynamic constructed saucer that is thin and at the same time'correct the rollover tendency while at the same time provide ridges and dimples to act as hand grips which even a beginner finds easy to grip and throw, and yet have the saucer remain stable in flight.
• Another object is to provide a hole in the center of the saucer so it could either be caught with one finger, or be used'in games where it could be thrown on stakes through said hole.
• 80 a cone shaped centerportion with its lower surface close to the lower outer rings bottom level, provides the advantage of a larger hole, bottom of cone, and at the same time not let the air in the concave surface escape through the hole while it is in a float flight.
• An other object is to provide a flying saucer that could either be thrown by hand or be shot into flight with an elastic member. So at the lower surface of the cone shaped center section, downward projecting hooks, which are off center are provided to hook an elastic member on in order to shoot it into a whirling flight.
• FIG. I is an edge or elevation view of the flying saucer.
• FIG. 2 is a sectional view, viewed in FIG. 4.
• FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the elastic member hooks located on the bottom of the center cones lower surface.
• FIG. 4 is the top convex view of the flying saucer.
• FIG. 5 is a sectional view, viewed from the line 8-8 in FIG. 7, showing the fingergrips placed on the under surface of the upper plateau in their related position to the two outer rings.
• FIG. 6 is an inlarged edge or elevation view of the inner finger grips downward projecting finger grip ridge and dimples.
• FIG. 7 is the lower concave view of the flying saucer, also showing the optional elastic members bottom view, and the position of the stretched elastic member ready for launch.
• FIG. 1 the center plateau 1 is relative flat on the top from the center section, where hole 2 is located, to where its outer part joins rim 3. Then at the bottom of rim 3 is another relatively flat plateau 4 extending outwardly to the outer rim 5. Its generally nessary to have a greater radius 7 from the downward edge of plateau 4 to the outer rim 5. The reason being to reduce drag and to fit the hand as the saucer is being gripped. While rim 3 is more sharp at its top edge, thus putting up alimited controlled drag from the line A-A on the upper section of the saucer while in flight, thus helping to correct the tendency of rollover.
• outer rim 5 Since the outer rim 5 is thicker and has more weight, this makes the drag on the top section more than on the bottom while in momentum of of flight. This tends to act as a pendulum, and keeps the top from taking a rolling action by going faster than the bottom. Then to further correct the rollover tendency of thin flying saucers, outer rim 5 has a cone-shaped flatter downward and inward slopping surface 6 on its lower exterior surface, which tends to create lift much the same as flaps on an aircraft. 1
• FIG. 2 the cone shaped hole 2 is more clearly seen, hole 2 being smaller than the bottom side of cone 9 where hole 8 is, also shown in FIG. 7. This allows it to be easily caught with one finger because of the larger bottom hole 8, while in a so called float flight, it can also be thrown on a stake as in a game kit. Since the extreme bottom edge of cone 9 is at approximately the same level with the bottom of outer rim 5, shown in FIG. 2, small hooks 10 may be provided in order to shoot the saucer by means of an elastic member 11, shown in FIG. 7, into a whirling gyro-stabilized flight without having to throw it by hand.
• the entire center cone assembly 2,9,8, and 10 may be omitted, then the center plateaus center section could be as in the dotted lines 12 in FIG. 2. So the entire top surface of plateau 1 could be relatively flat over the entire top surface 1. The reason for omitting said center cone essembly is that it puts up a slight drag while in fast flight, however this is very slight, and is noticed by only those who are able to throw a flying saucer extremely fast.
• 5,6, and 7 are shown an example of a small downward projecting rib 14, with its raised dimples 15, which act much the same as inter rim 3 and dimples 13, to provide a good hand grip, in order to insure a good grip for a controled flight.
• rib 14 combinations may be used;
• this inner section includes an apertured conicalsection whereby the toy can be caught.
• said inner section includes a conical portion, said conical portion including a hook to launch the toy and resilient means for attaching said hook and for effecting toylaunch.

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• 1972
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