Comments on: Patent drawing for an X-Wing http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 07:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Eric Hartwell http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646399 Eric Hartwell Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646399 Way back in 1980 20th Century Fox patented the orginal X-Wing toy: D254080, http://www.google.com/patents?id=HEk9AAAAEBAJ More at Toy Design Patents http://theswca.com/images-patents.html Way back in 1980 20th Century Fox patented the orginal X-Wing toy: D254080, http://www.google.com/patents?id=HEk9AAAAEBAJ
More at Toy Design Patents http://theswca.com/images-patents.html

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646352 howaboutthisdangit Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646352 X-Wings and TIE Fighters could chase each other around the track, or perhaps "fly" past each other on parallel tracks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47222633@N05/8445011807/in/pool-boingboing X-Wings and TIE Fighters could chase each other around the track, or perhaps “fly” past each other on parallel tracks:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47222633@N05/8445011807/in/pool-boingboing

]]> By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646131 feetleet Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646131 520 was rejected because it's an improvement to T-16 prior art that would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in shooting womp rats. 520 was rejected because it’s an improvement to T-16 prior art that would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in shooting womp rats.

]]> By: Scratcheee http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646093 Scratcheee Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646093 Sorry, the company I represent, MZQ Holdings, Inc, has purchased a controlling share in a portfolio of technology which includes a patent for "A method or device to convey animals or machinery through a rarified medium using one or more propulsion units."  We are due a licensing fee for this depiction of a craft covered under our patent, as well as a share of any ad revenue generated by any page on which this depiction is, um , depicted. Sorry, the company I represent, MZQ Holdings, Inc, has purchased a controlling share in a portfolio of technology which includes a patent for “A method or device to convey animals or machinery through a rarified medium using one or more propulsion units.”  We are due a licensing fee for this depiction of a craft covered under our patent, as well as a share of any ad revenue generated by any page on which this depiction is, um , depicted.

]]> By: Jason Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646089 Jason Wood Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646089 It's Star Wars; I suspect there aren't any real g-forces involved, just CGI. It’s Star Wars; I suspect there aren’t any real g-forces involved, just CGI.

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1646070 Jonathan Roberts Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1646070 Looks like you'd need a lot of side clearance for that. The wings and nose would also have to be fairly strong to cope with the g-forces (if the ride was going to be interesting at all), and it seems like a lot of wasted space. Pretty cool idea if it could work though. Looks like you’d need a lot of side clearance for that. The wings and nose would also have to be fairly strong to cope with the g-forces (if the ride was going to be interesting at all), and it seems like a lot of wasted space. Pretty cool idea if it could work though.

]]> By: Joel Finch http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1645991 Joel Finch Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1645991 Nothing hypothetical about that - it's a six seat amusement park ride. With special effects, no less. Nothing hypothetical about that – it’s a six seat amusement park ride. With special effects, no less.

]]> By: Mike Marlett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1645988 Mike Marlett Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1645988 Looks like it's meant to be a rollar coaster car. Looks like it’s meant to be a rollar coaster car.

]]> By: Matthew Lazin-Ryder http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/patent-drawing-for-an-x-wing.html#comment-1645989 Matthew Lazin-Ryder Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210833#comment-1645989 Seems the patent is not for an X-Wing, but an X-Wing themed roller coaster. Seems the patent is not for an X-Wing, but an X-Wing themed roller coaster.

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