Patent ID: 7997526

Claim:
A flying vehicle comprising: a pair of wings, each wing having a propeller and a motor for driving the propeller; a transition assembly partially housed within each of the pair of wings, the transition assembly having ends rotatable with respect to each other, each end of the transition assembly being separately secured to the which the end is housed, the transition assembly having a first position, the first position being defined as having each wing oriented at an angle offset from a substantial horizontal position and in a different direction from the other wing, and wherein when the transition assembly is in the first position and the propellers are rotating, the vehicle spins and will fly in a substantially hovering vertical orientation, the transition assembly having a second position being defined as having each wing oriented to the substantial horizontal position and in a substantially similar direction as the other wing, such that when the transition assembly is in the second position and the propellers are rotating, the vehicle will fly in a substantially horizontal orientation; a means for mechanically moving the transition assembly from the first position to the second position while the vehicle is in the substantially hovering vertical orientation, such that the vehicle transitions from the substantially hovering vertical orientation to fly in the substantially horizontal orientation; an elongated tail section extending through the vehicle and having a region near a portion thereof for rotatable connection with the wings, the tail section having a first channel and a second channel, the first channel having a first channel opening to the region and the second channel having a second channel opening to the region; and wherein the transition assembly includes: a gear meshed to first and second spur gears, the spur gears being separately and partially secured within each wing, wherein the rotation of one wing causes the gear to rotate the other wing in an opposite direction with respect to the one wing; a flexible band positioned in the first channel and having one end secured through the first channel opening to a portion of the first spur gear and having the other end secured to a wall distal to the first channel opening in the first channel; and a string positioned in the second channel and having one end secured through the second channel opening to a portion of the second spur gear and having the other end secured to a suction cup, the suction cup being capable of being secured to a plate positioned to a wall distal to the second channel opening in the second channel.