Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
214 words
A lighter-than-air aircraft, comprising: a. a vertically disposed, hollow, inner frame, and a horizonally disposed annular, hollow outer frame equally spaced around and coaxial with said inner frame; b. an upper and a lower annular row of wires respectively secured at one of their ends to the upper and lower ends of said inner frame and extending radially and convergently outwardly from said upper and lower ends to said outer frame and secured at their outer ends under tension to said outer frame; c. inflated bags of lighter-than-air gas between said upper and lower rows of wires; d. a cargo compartment at the lower end of said inner frame for holding cargo; e. impeller means carried by and outwardly of said outer frame for impelling said aircraft; f. an outer skin respectively above and below said upper and lower rows of wires secured to the upper and lower ends of said inner frame and extending convergently from said upper and lower ends to said outer frame and secured to the latter; g. said cargo compartment including a horizontal floor at the lower end of and supported by and rigid with said inner frame defining the bottom of space within the lower end portion of said inner frame for supporting cargo within said lower portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
214 words
A lighter-than-air aircraft, comprising: a. a vertically disposed, hollow, inner frame, and a horizonally disposed annular, hollow outer frame equally spaced around and coaxial with said inner frame; b. an upper and a lower annular row of wires respectively secured at one of their ends to the upper and lower ends of said inner frame and extending radially and convergently outwardly from said upper and lower ends to said outer frame and secured at their outer ends under tension to said outer frame; c. inflated bags of lighter-than-air gas between said upper and lower rows of wires; d. a cargo compartment at the lower end of said inner frame for holding cargo; e. impeller means carried by and outwardly of said outer frame for impelling said aircraft; f. an outer skin respectively above and below said upper and lower rows of wires secured to the upper and lower ends of said inner frame and extending convergently from said upper and lower ends to said outer frame and secured to the latter; g. said cargo compartment including a horizontal floor at the lower end of and supported by and rigid with said inner frame defining the bottom of space within the lower end portion of said inner frame for supporting cargo within said lower portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 1: h. means respectively at one of the ends of the wires of said upper and lower rows for adjusting the tension on said wires relative to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 1: h. rigid means extending between said inner and outer frames and between upper and lower rows of wires, for taking the upward thrust of said bags of inflated air.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 3: i. said outer skin extending past said outer frame and terminating in a relatively sharp circular outer edge radially outwardly of the latter relative to said inner frame.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 4: j. a horizontal platform at the upper end of said inner hollow frame; and k. an elevator within said hollow frame extending from said platform to said cargo compartment for carrying cargo from said platform to said compartment, and vice versa.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 5: l. said skin including a dome-like extension extending over said platform, and an upwardly directed opening therein for access to said platform from above; and m. closure means supported on said extension for movement from a closed position closing said opening to an open position to a side of said opening and vice versa.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 3: i. said outer frame being hollow and a plurality of bags inflated with lighter-than-air gas within said outer frame.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
In an aircraft as defined in claim 7: j. said inner frame and said outer frame being of skeleton-like construction of structural metal including posts, struts and annular rings; and k. said impeller means being supported on said outer frame for variable movement about horizontal axes for impelling said aircraft upwardly and downwardly relative to a horizontal forward direction; and l. elevator and rudder means respectively at the lateral edges and rear edges of said aircraft.