Patent ID: 6048247
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A63H,F01B

Abstract:
A main wing positioning and release system for a toy aircraft, the system comprising:(a) a support bracket proportioned for securement to the top of a fuselage of said aircraft and positioning along the axial centerline thereof at a location at which a main wing of the aircraft is to be secured, said bracket including upwardly projecting elements thereof; and(b) a wing release means comprising:(i) a lower portion having an upper and lower surface thereof, said lower surface press-fittable securable to said upwardly projecting elements of said support bracket, a rear transverse surface of said lower portion including press fittable receiving means thereon, said upper surface of said lower portion proportioned for engagement of a bottom surface of an aircraft main wing;(ii) an upper portion having upper and lower surfaces thereof, said lower surface proportioned for complemental engagement with a top of said aircraft main wing, said upper portion, at a transverse end thereof, including press fittable securing means complemental in geometry to said first complemental securement means of said lower portion, said receiving and securing means releasable from each other in the event of impact including an axial component of force; and(d) flexible openly biased hinge means integrally joining respective front opposing edges of said upper and lower portions to each other, in which, upon release of said receiving and securing means from each other, said flexible hinge will urge said upper portion open relative to said lower portion thereby permitting release of the main aircraft wing in the event of a crash of the model aircraft,whereby, upon an impact upon the main wing having an upward force component thereof, the lower portion of the wing release means will release from the support bracket, releasing the entire upper and lower portions of the wing release means and, with it, the main wing, from the aircraft fuselage.