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Launcher

CA 1266065 C · Owner: Lavoie, John · Inventors: Lavoie, John

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John LAVOIE ABSTRACT, A novel launching device to launch an aerodynamic disc toy discloses the use of a track that traces out the locci of points of a semicircle and then transforms along a margin thereof. coincident with the semicircle a tangential, extension. The diameter of semicircle of the locci of points is coincident with the diameter of the aerodynamic disc so that the disc is captured therein. By horizontally swinging the launcher with the disc in the track, the launcher moves the disc from its semicircular abutment therewith to run along the straight track and thus to commence to spin thereby imparting to the disc both momentum and spin whereby aerodynamic flight ensues as soon as …

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  • Granted February 20, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 20, 2007.
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FiledOctober 7, 1986
GrantedFebruary 20, 1990
Term endedFebruary 20, 2007
Patent numberCA 1266065 C
Classification (IPC)A63B65/00 +2 more

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1987199019931996199920022005Application filedOct 7, 1986Patent grantedFeb 20, 1990Term endedFeb 20, 2007

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