Patent ID: 7204459
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A kite comprising: a cover sheet having first and second opposed main surfaces; a frame assembly attached to the second main surface of the cover sheet to define a body having an overall height and an overall width, the frame assembly having a plurality of frame members connected together to form a generally conical-shaped sector portion defining an air passage through which air flows when the kite is in flight, each of the frame members comprising a first frame member, a second frame member, a third frame member, a fourth frame member, and a fifth frame member, each of the first and second frame members having first and second opposed end portions, the first and second frame members being overlapped at a connecting point with the corresponding first ends being spaced at a first predetermined distance apart and with the corresponding second end portions being spaced at a second predetermined distance apart; and a rotational vane mounted on the frame assembly for undergoing rotation to regulate the flow of air flowing through the air passage when the kite is in flight; wherein the third frame member has first and second opposite end portions, the third frame member overlapping the first and second frame members at the connecting point and extending outward from the connecting point so that the first end portion of the third frame member is disposed between the second end portion of the first frame member and the first end portion of the second frame member and so that the second end portion of the third frame member is disposed between the first end portion of the first frame member and the second end portion of the second frame member.