US 12,257,522 B2
Model rockets with divisible nose cones
Thomas A. VanStavern, Columbus, OH (US); and Mark R. Wilson, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Thomas A. VanStavern, Columbus, OH (US); and Mark R. Wilson, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,154.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,393, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249092 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 27/00 (2006.01); A63H 27/14 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 27/005 (2013.01) [A63H 27/001 (2013.01); A63H 27/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A divisible model rocket nose cone, comprising:
a nose cone housing comprising a plurality of housing sections;
a locking mechanism, configured to conjoin the plurality of housing sections;
a plurality of shock cord mounting arms each including an eyelet adapted to accept a model rocket shock cord, each of which plurality of shock cord mounting arms is attached to or integral with at least one of the plurality of housing sections;
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to temporarily conjoin the plurality of housing sections while the nose cone is inserted within an interior tube of a main body of a rocket, prior to ejection of the nose cone from the interior tube of the main body of the rocket; and
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to unlock and permit a separation of the plurality of housing sections from each other, after the nose cone ejects from the interior tube of the main body of the rocket.