Patent ID: 8006936
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A63H,B64D,B64G,F42B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a model rocket having internally tethered-together components that separate after a launch of the rocket, with the tethered-together components including a recovery device that includes a single parachute tightly wrapped by and held in compact bundle form by an elongate band of plastic until after being released from inside the rocket, with the recovery device further including electrical circuitry having a source of electricity and an electrical switch that supply electricity to a heating element extending along a heat-severable reach of the elongate band of plastic material to heat and thereby sever the elongate band of plastic material to deploy the parachute and slow the descent of the tethered-together components at a delayed time after the compact bundle form has been released from the launched rocket and after the tethered-together components including the compact bundle form have descended a substantial distance to near ground.