Patent ID: 7841559

Claim:
A wing arrangement for an aerial vehicle, comprising: a deployment mechanism configured to attach to a first side of a fuselage and configured to move from a first position to a second position; a first wing configured to be rotationally coupled to a second side of the fuselage; a second wing configured to be rotationally coupled to the deployment mechanism and rotationally coupled to the first wing; a third wing configured to be rotationally coupled to the second side of the fuselage; and a fourth wing configured to be rotationally coupled to the deployment mechanism and rotationally coupled to the third wing; wherein: the wing arrangement has a stowed position, in which: the deployment mechanism is in the first position; the first and third wings are stacked on the second side of the fuselage; and the second and fourth wings are stacked on the first side of the fuselage; and movement of the deployment mechanism from the first position to the second position causes the first and second coupled wings and the third and fourth coupled wings to deploy to a first winged position.