Patent ID: 7185847

Claim:
A winged vehicle comprising an elongated fuselage; a wing mechanism affixed to the fuselage and comprising a wing-support-body track affixed to and extending lengthwise along the fuselage, a translating wing-support body engaged to and translatable along the wing-support-body track, exactly two deployable cantilevered wings, each deployable cantilevered wing having a wing pivot mounted to the translating wing-support body so that the deployable cantilevered wing is pivotable about the translating wing-support body, wherein the two deployable cantilevered wings are each pivotable between a stowed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings lie relatively close to the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a first position along the wing-support-body track, and a deployed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings extend relatively outwardly from the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a second position along the wing-support-body track; and an actuation mechanism operable to controllably move the translating wing-support body along the wing-support-body track and to controllably move the two deployable cantilevered wings between the stowed position and the deployed position, wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a leadscrew and a leadscrew follower, and further comprises a gear structure that pivots the cantilevered wings.