Patent ID: 7621484

Claim:
A rotor kite, comprising (a) an annular stabilizer ring; (b) a stabilizer rod connected at its ends with said stabilizer ring, said stabilizer rod extending across the inner diameter of said stabilizer ring; (c) an elongated wing connected with said stabilizer rod, said wing being arranged within the inner perimeter of said stabilizer ring and having a longitudinal axis which is arranged perpendicular to said stabilizer rod; and (d) an axle connected with said wing along the longitudinal axis and connected with said stabilizer rod at a midpoint thereof, whereby when a yoke is connected with the ends of the axle, said axle and wing are rotated by the wind to lift the kite into the air, said stabilizer ring rotating with said wing to maintain said wing in a position generally normal to the direction of the wind with said stabilizer rod maintaining said stabilizer ring in a plane normal to said axle.