I've been searching around for a collection of rocketry patents, but have come up dry. So, why not gather 'em up in this thread?

Patents can be recalled and viewed on demand, free of charge, at the U.S. Patent office website. I've found these things to be very interesting viewing and reading.

Here is a list of patents that I've collected that describe some important rocketry inventions:

First, the patent that marks the beginning of model rocketry:

2,841,084 July 1, 1958 Orville H. Carlisle - Toy rocket (the Rock-a-chute)

There were some earlier patents that approached Orvilles work. Here's a rocket with parachute that uses propulsion disks and felt discs for wadding:

2,442,528 June 1, 1948 John O. Beatty - Rocket with ejecting parachute

Here's a patent for the paper shock cord mount:

3,646,887 March 7, 1972 George H. Stine - Paper shock cord mount

Here's the Centuri-style baffle patent:

3,719,145 March 6, 1973 Lawrence W. Brown & Leroy E. Piester - Recovery Device Baffle System for Miniature Rockets

Here's the metal mesh baffle patent:

5,054,397 October 8, 1991 Paul C. Hans & Gary C. Rosenfeld - Parachute ejection & recovery system for rockets

Kinda interesting how late the paper shock cord mount patent was registered, eh?

Dwayne Surdu-Miller
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