Patent ID: 6588706
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A kite comprising:a sheet (12), substantially rectangular, having a length dimension and a width dimension; a pair of hinge tubes, each hinge tube (14) secured to said sheet (12) along said width dimension parallel to and spaced from said other hinge tube (14) providing that a central section (12A) and two side sections (12B) are defined; each side section having a free boundary (16) opposite a boundary secured to said respective hinging tube (14) and opposite a free boundary of said other said side section; a pair of cords (18), each cord having means (19) for attaching one end of said cord to one corner of said sheet at one end of one of said free boundaries and for attaching another end of said each cord to an opposite end of said one of said free boundaries providing that said pair of cords forms a pair of loop arrangeable to permit a user to hold onto said pair of loops when said kite is in flight; at least one border tube (11) secured to said sheet and disposed along at least one of borders of said side and central sections; means for connecting an end of any one of said tubes to any location on a neighboring tube being a connecting tube having a length substantially shorter than said any one of said tubes and said neighboring tube; said connecting tube having a slit in the axial direction from one end to another end; a circumferential slit extending partially around a periphery of said connecting tube defining two portions (30A, 30B) of said connecting tube providing that each portion of said connecting tube is one of: (i) clampable around one of said support tubes; (ii) collapsibly insertable into an open end of one of said support tubes.