DE29714218U1 - Kite with a body and a tail - Google Patents

Description

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Dipl.Phys. Ulrich Twelmeier Dr. techn. Waldemar Leitner Dr. phi/, nat. Rudolf Bauer-1990 Dipl. Ing. Helmut Hubbuch -1991 European Patent Attorneys

HE05E001 ΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩ-ΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩ/ΩΩΩ.ΩΩ. 1997 Mr. Frank Hehl, Hirschkopfstrasse 6, D-72250 Freudenstadt

Kites with a basic body and a tail Description:

The invention is based on a kite with a base body and a tail which has at least one tail element on a flexible strand.

Such kites are generally known as a children's toy that can be flown in the wind. The basic body of such kites consists of a pre-tensioned crossbar covered with foil. The tail consists of a cord into which strips of paper are tied to stabilize the flight characteristics. However, these paper kites are not suitable for hanging in the home as a decorative element, but are designed specifically to fly.

The object of the invention is therefore to present a kite that can be hung as a decorative element in the home and that is simple and inexpensive to produce.

Westliche Karl-Friedrich-Straße 29-31 D-75172 Pforzheim Postbank Karlsruhe 16852-750 (BLZ660 WO75)

Telephone (07231)39840 Fax(07231)398444 Sparkasse Pforzheim 803812 (bank code 66650085)

VAT Registration No. DE 144180005

This task is solved by a kite with the features of claim 1. Advantageous further developments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims. In order to achieve a decorative effect, the base body and the tail element(s) are made of wood. To attach the tail element to the flexible strand, the latter is not knotted around the tail element as with a paper kite, but is guided through a passage in the tail element and secured against sliding down by a knot. The fact that the passage has a narrow opening through which the knot cannot slip ensures that the tail element is held on the strand. The opposite opening of the passage in the tail element is, however, wider, so wide that the knot can be completely accommodated in the passage so that it can no longer be seen from the outside. Because the method of attachment is not visible, it looks as if the tail element is loosely and lightly connected to the strand, as if it were floating or flying. The sight is aesthetically pleasing, unlike the traditional tail of a paper kite.

An advantageous development of the invention provides that the passage is designed in a stepped manner. This ensures that the knot cannot get stuck in the passage, as would be possible with a conical design of the passage. Instead, a stop surface is formed between a narrow opening of the passage facing the base body and a wide opening of the passage facing away from the base body. The knot hits this stop surface securely without getting stuck in the passage. The tail element can therefore be moved away from the knot along the strand without difficulty.

Further advantages are described in the example. They show:

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Figure 1 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a

sting dragon,

Figure 2 shows a cross section through a tail element along the drawing plane of Figure 1 and

Figure 3 is a view of the embodiment in direction III of Figure 1.

Figure 1 shows a kite 1, which essentially consists of a wooden, rhombic base body 2, to which a nose element 22a is attached, and a tail 3. The tail 3 is composed of a flexible strand 30, which is connected to the base body 2 in the area of a corner, and of three wooden tail elements 4a - 4c connected to it. The strand 30 can, for example, be glued into a blind hole in the base body 2.

Figure 2 clearly shows the mechanism by which the tail element 4a - representative of the other tail elements 4b, 4c - is connected to the flexible strand 30. For this purpose, the tail element 4a has a passage 40 with a narrow opening 41 and a wide opening 42. The passage 40 is made, for example, in two operations with drills of different thicknesses. The flexible strand 30 is covered with a knot 31 that is large enough to pass through the wide opening 42 of the passage 40, but not the narrow opening 41 of the passage 40. If the kite 1 is hung up, gravity causes the tail element 4a to slide down along the flexible strand 30 in the direction of the knot 31 until it hits a stop surface 43 formed between the narrow opening 41 and the wide opening 42 of the passage 40. This prevents the tail element 4a from slipping further relative to the base body 2. The knot 31 does not get stuck in the passage 40 and the tail element 4a can be moved along the strand 30 in the direction of the base body 2 if necessary. In addition to

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In addition to the stepped design of the passage 40, other shapes are also conceivable, e.g. a conical passage 40 that tapers towards the base body 2.

In addition to the rhombus-shaped shape of the base body 2, all other possible geometric shapes are also conceivable, such as a square, a rectangle, a circle, a diamond, a trapezoid or even an irregular shape. The three tail elements 4a-4c are preferably rod-shaped with a waist. However, all other shapes are also conceivable for them. This special form of the embodiment is used because it is similar to the shape used for the well-known paper kites. It goes without saying that the colors of the tail elements 4a-4c and the base body 2 can be chosen as desired. Many designs are also possible for the flexible strand 30 in addition to the leather strap used here. For example, a cord or a rubber band is also conceivable.

HE05E001ENG Dragon Hanging hole Reference number list Base body ,b Augenioch 1 tail ,b Nose element 2 4a-4c Tail element mouth 3 20 strand 21a node 22a, Passage 23 Smaller opening 30 Larger opening 31 Stop surface 40 41 42 43

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Claims (3)

-5-Claims: 1. Kite (1) with a base body (2) and with a tail (3), consisting of a flexible strand (30) to which at least one tail element (4a-4c) is attached, characterized in that the base body (2) and the at least one tail element (4a-4c) are made of wood, that the tail element (4a-4c) has a passage (40) with two openings of different widths (41, 42), that each of the tail elements (4a-4c) is threaded onto the strand (30) and is secured against sliding down by a knot (31) in the strand (30), the knot (31) being smaller than the larger opening (42) and larger than the smaller opening (41), so that it can lie concealed in the passage (40). 2. Kite according to claim 1, characterized in that the passage (40) is stepped. 3. Kite according to claim 1, characterized in that the strand (30) is a leather strap.