Patent US-1921-1385972

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Deals with various aspects of constructing a kite-balloon, perhaps reflecting a standard Goodyear type. Separate balloon with funnel for intake of outside air; rudder fin; tail cups; adjustable suspension (pulleys) for car.

See also Patent US-1920-1341248, which focuses on the shape of kite balloons, and Patent US-1918-1288299, which also deals with tail cups. (Both filed later and granted earlier.) Also Patent FR-1920-504933 which focuses on the funnel connection.7


Year filed 1916
Year granted 1921
Office US
Patent number 1385972
Inventors Ralph Hazlett Upson
Inventor country US
Applicant person
Applicant firm
Applicant type INDIV
Applicant is inventor? 1
Original title Kite-balloon
English title Kite-balloon
Tech fields LTA, balloon, gas, kite, navigation, stability, rudder, car, tail fin
Filing date 1916-06-20
Full specification filed date
Application number 10469116
Grant date 1921-07-26
Granted? 1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent
Related to aircraft? 1
Serial number
Patent agent
Assigned to Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
National tech categories
IPCs
CPCs CPC B64B1/40
Family year 1916
First filing? 1
Cites these patents
Citations from after 1930
Application ID 47552021
INPADOC family ID 43036426
Number of text pages 7
Number of diagram pages 5
Number of figures 14
Number of claims 16

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Inventor location (imputed from HistPat): Summit county, OH (FIPSloc=39153)