Diamandis, Granger File Application to Patent “Rocket Entertainment Vehicle”

Rocket Racing League co-founders Granger Whitelaw and Peter Diamandis have filed a patent application for a ‘Rocket Powered Entertainment Vehicle.” The application was submitted last July and published on April 22. The co-applicant is Michael R. D’angelo of Orlando, Florida.

A few relevant highlights from the application:

Embodiments of this invention relate generally to rocket-powered entertainment vehicles, racing competitions, display methods and systems related to racing competitions, and methods for generating revenue with respect to racing competitions. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to rocket-powered vehicles and racing competitions comprising racing methods, rocket-powered vehicles, spaceports, methods of observer interaction, methods of pilot navigation, methods of providing separation between rocket powered vehicles, safety monitoring, adaptive display, and virtual participation in a rocket-powered vehicle racing competition and related apparatus. In addition, embodiments of the invention relate to integrated avionics and simulation systems that combine the real world with the virtual word in real-time, and allow for variable porting, such as a hybrid format, to a wide variety of viewing and interactive display formats and architectures.

This application claims priority to and the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/084,345, entitled “Methods and Apparatuses for Construction, Operation and Use of Rocket Powered Aircraft”, filed on Jul. 29, 2008, and the specification thereof is incorporated herein by reference.

This application also claims priority to and the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/096,244, entitled “Multi-Role Rocket Powered Vehicle”, filed on Sep. 11, 2008, and the specification thereof is incorporated herein by reference.

This is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/932,698 entitled “Collection and Distribution System”, filed Oct. 31, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/875,745 entitled “Rocket-Powered Vehicle Racing Reality System”, filed Oct. 19, 2007, which are continuations-in-part applications of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/538,014, entitled “Aerial Vehicle Racing Information System”, filed Oct. 2, 2006; and the specifications and claims of those applications are incorporated herein by reference.