Parachute

Claim 1

IN A PARACHUTE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A CIRCULAR GENERALLY DOME-SHAPED CANOPY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GORES SEWN TOGETHER, EACH OF SAID GORES CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF RADIAL BORDER RIBBONS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CROWN AND THE EDGE OF SAID CANOPY, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL LATERAL RIBBONS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID RADIAL RIBBONS, AND A CENTRAL RIBBON DISPOSED MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID RADIAL RIBBONS AND SECURED TO SAID LATERAL RIBBONS, SAID RIBBONS HAVING OPEN SPACES THEREBETWEEN, SAID RADIAL RIBBONS OF EACH GORE HAVING UPPER PORTIONS CONVERGING TOWARD THE CROWN OF SAID CANOPY, SAID RADIAL RIBBONS HAVING LOWER PORTIONS ANGLING TOWARD EACH OTHER AND TOWARD THE EDGE OF SAID CANOPY, THE LOWERMOST LATERAL RIBBON IN EACH GORE THEREBY BEING SHORTER THAN THE SECOND TO THE LOWERMOST LATERAL RIBBON, THE EDGE PORTION OF SAID CANOPY THEREBY BEING OF A SMALLER CIRCUMFERENCE THAN THE PORTION OF SAID CANOPY IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID EDGE PORTION SO AS TO MINIMIZE FLUTTERING OF THE EDGE PORTION AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS, SAID CENTRAL RIBBON BEING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ALL OF SAID LATERAL RIBBONS, AND A PLURALITY OF SHROUD LINES CONNECTED TO THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID RADIAL RIBBONS WHILE LEAVING SAID CENTRAL RIBBONS FREE OF SAID SHROUD LINES.