Patent US-1907-840078

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Boxy compact vessel powered by wings; operator can move prow with cords; supplemental wings can open or close. The wings "oscillate", aka flap, so it's includes an ornithopter capability.

  • Grant date Jan 1 appears to be a federal holiday. Is there some story on how the fed govt filed routine papers on a holiday? maybe it wasn't a holiday then?
  • Inventor location: St. Louis, St. Louis county, MO (FIPSloc=29510, imputed by HistPat)

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Year filed 1906
Year granted 1907
Office US
Patent number 840078
Inventors John Meden
Inventor country US
Applicant person John Meden
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? Yes
Original title Air-Ship
English title Airship
Tech fields flapping, navigation, wings, frame, airship, ornithopter
Filing date January 10, 1906
Full specification filed date
Application number 1906295406
Grant date January 1, 1907
Granted? Yes
Publication date 1
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? Yes
Serial number 295406
Patent agent Emil Starek
Assigned to
National tech categories USPC 244/22
IPCs IPC B64C33/00
CPCs CPC B64C33/02
Family year 1906
First filing? Yes
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47006445
INPADOC family ID 43774008
Number of text pages 2
Number of diagram pages 2
Number of figures 7
Number of claims 3