Patent US-1906-906406

• "The object of my invention is to enable men to soar in the air, and to this end, my invention consists of one or more main or soaring aeroplanes of a peculiar construction, propelled by a plurality of smaller aeroplanes"

Big vessel with a series of small aeroplanes that can go together smoothly or diverge; operator flaps propelling aeroplanes downwards with a footpedal, then elastics snap them back into position; angle modified by operator shifting weight. Complicated; looks a bit like a harvester.

• Classification: CPC B64C33/00 Ornithopters
• Inventor location: Savannah, Chatham county, GA (FIPSloc=13051, imputed by HistPat)
• Witnesses as shown on the final text page: Isaac Lewis and W. R. Hewlett

Sources

• Patent 906406 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
• Patent 906406 at google patents
• Short's DB
• PTO 244
• Neilson

Year filed	1906
Year granted	1908
Office	US
Patent number	906406
Inventors	Thomas H. Gignilliat
Inventor country	US
Inventor location
Applicant person	Thomas H. Gignilliat
Applicant firm
Applicant type	INDIV
Applicant is inventor?	Yes
Original title	Aeroplane flying-machine
English title	Aeroplane flying machine
Tech fields	airfoil, frame, takeoff, flapping, human-powered, navigation, ornithopter
Filing date	1906/12/13
Full specification filed date
Application number	1906347672
Grant date	1908/12/08
Granted?	Yes
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft?	1
Serial number	347672
Patent agent	Smith & Frazier
Assigned to
National tech categories	USPC 244/11, USPC 244/63
IPCs	IPC B64C33/00
CPCs	CPC B64C33/00
Family year	1906
First filing?	Yes
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Number of text pages	4
Number of diagram pages	4
Number of figures	8
Number of claims	8