Tethered toy airplane with pilot ejection means

Claim 1

IN A MODEL AIRPLANE POWERED BY AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MANUALLY GUIDED IN A CIRCULAR FLIGHT PATH BY CONTROL LINES, A PILOT EJECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING: A COCKPIT OPENING IN SID FUSELAGE, A CANOPY NORMALLY HELD IN CLOSED POSITION OVER THE SAID COCKPIT, MEANS FOR OPENING SAID CANOPY, A PILOT MEMBER IN SAID COCKPIT, A SPRING ARRANGED IN SAID COCKPIT TO EJCET SAID PILOT MEMBER FORCEABLY FROM SAID COCKPIT, LATCH MEANS RESTRAINING SAID SPRING IN A COCKED STRESSED CONDITION, MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID LATCH MEANS, AND A CONTROL LINE PARALLELING THE FIRST-MENTIONED CONTROL LINES AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CANOPY OPENING MEANS AND LATCH-RELEASING MEANS, WHEREBY THE PULLING OF SAID EXTRA CONTROL LINE IS EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE OPENING OF SAID CANOPY AND EJECTION OF SAID PILOT MEMBER, THE CONNECTION OF SAID LATCH RELEASING MEANS TO SAID SPRING INCLUDING LOST-MOTION MEANS WHEREBY A GREATER PULL ON SAID STRING IS REQUIRED TO EJECT SAID PILOT MEMBER THAN IS REQUIRED TO OPEN SAID CANOPY.