Delivery Device

Abstract

In accordance with the invention, there is provided a lightweight delivery device, in order that children of all ages can experience the joy of watching payloads such as parachutes, confetti, and the like, being delivered to significant heights and returning slowly to the earth. This is accomplished by providing a hollow and visually interesting shape, which is first hinged open and filled with a desired payload. The device is then closed, bound with a cord and thrown high into the air. A flag, attached to the free end of the cord, causes the device to rotate, as it travels towards the apex of its flight, and allows the cord to unwind. Centrifugal force eventually opens the unbound device and the contents are ejected into the air.

1 . A delivery device comprising, a hollow shape divided at parting lines into at least two portions, said portions capable of fitting loosely together at said parting lines without binding and exhibiting an appearance of a single shape; said portions having an interior space capable of containing a payload means when joined together; at least one channel inscribed in an exterior surface of said hollow shape; said channel circumscribing said surface in a strait path and intersecting said parting lines; a binding means; said binding means attached to one said portion within a confines of said channel; said binding means capable of completing at least one revolution about said hollow shape within said confines of said channel; an aerodynamic drag means; said drag means attached to a free end of said binding means; said drag means capable of experiencing enough aerodynamic drag to cause a rotation of said hollow shape, when said hollow shape is bound together by said binding means and propelled, by throwing with a hand, through the air. 
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said portions are hinged together. 
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2  wherein said payload means comprises at least one parachute. 
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein said delivery device contains a deployable drag means attached to said interior.