howardwhite 5 #1 November 4, 2010 OK, here are some excerpts from a patent. Identify the patent holders (one pretty well known) and the year. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,169 #2 November 4, 2010 It's probably cheating to search through Google Patents, huh... Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #3 November 4, 2010 Well, that's where I got it. But maybe i added or subtracted. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #4 November 4, 2010 My guess is Domina Jalbert Edit to add... no I didn't search patents, just the internet for his first name, I could only remember Jalbert."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fastphil 0 #5 November 5, 2010 It's not Leonardo Da Vinci, is it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #6 November 5, 2010 Later than Leo, somewhat earlier than Jalbert (surprisingly.) HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #7 November 5, 2010 Seems to me Faustus Veranzio is always shown with a square parachute.... Jumping a building, too....If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,169 #8 November 5, 2010 Curtis Hughes & Loy Brydon for a controllable parachute. 1963. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #9 November 5, 2010 Yup. but was it ever produced? Jumped? The Barish Sailwing was considered the first square to be jumped -- in 1965. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guru312 0 #10 November 5, 2010 QuoteYup. but was it ever produced? Jumped? The Barish Sailwing was considered the first square to be jumped -- in 1965. HW Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Steve Snyder get credit for most successful square...meaning, largest market share for a ram-air canopy?Guru312 I am not DB Cooper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites