Tailless kite

Claim 1

A TAILLESS KITE COMPRISING: A RIGID FRAME OF GENERALLY ELONGATE ARROWHEAD FORM WHEREIN THE CONVERGING POINTED END OF SAID FRAME IS THE FRONT END OF SAID FRAME, SAID FRAME INCLUDING A SHANK PORTION AND A PAIR OF SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS, A FIRST PLANE WHICH PASSES THROUGH ONE LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTION AND SAID SHANK PORTION FORMING AN INCLUDED ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN A RIGHT ANGLE BUT LESS THAN 180* WITH A SECOND PLANE WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE OTHER LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTION AND SAID SHANK PORTION SO THAT SAID LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS PROVIDE POSITIVE DIHEDRAL ANGLES, SAID SHANK PORTION HAVING A LENGTH THEREOF EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND A THIRD PLANE WHICH IS NORMAL TO SAID SHANK PORTION AND WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE REAR ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF PORTIONS, WHEREIN THE LENGTH OF SAID SHANK PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND SAID THIRD PLANE IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO A MAJOR PART OF THE LENGTH BETWEEN SAID THIRD PLANE AND THE CONVERGING POINTED END OF SAID FRAME, A FLEXIBLE COVERING OF QUADRILATERAL FORM SECURED TO SAID FRAME INCLUDING SAID SHANK PORTION OF SAID FRAME SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND SAID THIRD PLANE WITH MARGINS OF SAID COVERING SECURED TO SAID LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS AND WITH A DIAGONAL LINE OF SAID COVERING COINCIDING WITH SAID SHANK PORTION, SAID FRAME POSITIVELY HOLDING SAID FLEXIBLE COVERING TO PROVIDE A FINAL QUADRILATERAL SHAPE THEREOF DISPOSED ALONG SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLANES, AND MEANS PROVIDING FOR THE SECUREMENT OF A STRING TO SAID SHANK PORTION AT A PLACE BETWEEN THE FRONT END OF SAID FRAME AND THE LAST MENTIONED PLANE.