Kite control

Claim 1

KITE CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLASTIC ROD OF SIZE TO BE EASILY GRIPPED IN THE HAND OF THE USER, SAID ROD HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CENTER PORTION AND END PORTIONS TAPERING THEREFROM, SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND SAID END PORTION HAVING THE SAME AXIAL LENGTH, SAID ROD HAVING A SHALLOW GROOVE NEAR EACH END THEREOF FORMING A KNOB AT EACH END OF SAID ROD, SAID ROD HAVING TWO INTEGRAL CIRCULAR DISCS THEREON HAVING FLAT SURFACES IN PLANES PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROD, SAID DISCS BEING POSITIONED AT THE JUNCTIONS OF SAID TAPERED END PORTIONS AND SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID ROD, EACH OF SAID DISCS HAVING A STRAIGHT SLOT THERETHROUGH IN A DIRECTION TANGENT TO A CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION THROUGH SAID ROD AND EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID DISC TO THE SURFACE OF SAID ROD, EACH OF SAID SLOTS BEING PARALLEL TO THE OTHER OF SAID SLOTS, A KITE HAVING TWO CROSS BRACES AND A WIND-CATCHING SHEET OF MATERIAL, AND TWO STRINGS, ONE END OF EACH OF SAID STRINGS BEING FASTENED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CROSS BRACES OF SAID KITE, THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID STRINGS BEING TIED TO SAID GROOVES IN SAID ROD, EACH OF SAID STRINGS BEING POSITIONED IN THE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SLOTS AND WOUND AROUND SAID CYLINDRICAL CENTER PORTION OF SAID ROD A NUMBER OF TIMES DURING PERIODS OF NON-USE, SAID KITE CONTROL MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO CONTROLLABLY RAISE AND FLY A KITE BY TURNING SAID MEANS IN THE HANDS OF THE USER TO UNWIND SAID STRING UNTIL COMPLETELY UNWOUND FROM SAID CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL PORTION, SAID KITE BEING CONTROLLED BY REMOVING SAID STRINGS FROM SAID SLOTS AND MAKING VARIOUS SELECTIVE MOVEMENTS OF SAID CONTROL MEANS, AND SAID KITE BEING LOWERED BY PLACING SAID STRINGS INTO SAID SLOTS AND TURNING SAID ROD TO WIND SAID STRINGS ON SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION THEREOF.