Platform-agnostic avalanche airbag attachment system
OwnerRaymond Eugene Huotinventor
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Abstract
A platform-agnostic buoyancy aid includes a bladder having a direction of inflation, an inflator coupled to the bladder and configured to fill the bladder with a gas in response to actuation by a trigger, a trigger connected to the inflator and configured to actuate the inflator in response to a tension applied to a ripcord, and a removable directional attachment rig holding the bladder, inflator and trigger, the removable directional attachment rig configured to attach the buoyancy aid to at least one of a wearer's backpack, clothing or harness such that the relative angle of the direction of inflation of the bladder to the wearer's centerline remains substantially constant.
Claims20
A platform-agnostic buoyancy aid comprising:
- a bladder having a direction of inflation;
- an inflator coupled to the bladder;
- a trigger connected to the inflator and configured to actuate the inflator in response to a tension applied to a ripcord;
- and
- a removable directional attachment rig holding the bladder, inflator and trigger, the removable directional attachment rig configured to removably attach the platform-agnostic buoyancy aid to a wearing platform comprising at least one of a backpack, clothing or harness, such that a relative angle of the direction of inflation of the bladder to a centerline of a wearer of the wearing platform remains substantially constant,
- wherein the inflator is configured to fill the bladder with a gas in response to actuation by the trigger.
A directional attachment rig for an inflatable bladder comprising:
- a compartment comprising an anchor for the inflatable bladder and an opening disposed away from the anchor for the inflatable bladder;
- a trigger portal;
- and
- a directional sleeve having a centerline that remains at a substantially constant angle relative to a direction of inflation of the inflatable bladder,
- wherein the directional sleeve is configured to removably attach the directional attachment rig to a wearing platform comprising at least one of a pack, article of clothing or harness, such that a relative angle of the direction of inflation of the inflatable bladder to a centerline of a wearer of the wearing platform remains substantially constant.
A directional attachment rig for an inflatable bladder comprising:
- a compartment comprising an anchor for the inflatable bladder and an opening disposed away from the anchor for the inflatable bladder;
- a trigger portal;
- and
- an attachment anchor disposed along a line that remains at a substantially constant angle relative to a direction of inflation of the inflatable bladder,
- wherein the attachment anchor is configured to removably attach the directional attachment rig to a wearing platform comprising at least one of a pack, article of clothing or harness, such that a relative angle of the direction of inflation of the inflatable bladder to a centerline of a wearer of the wearing platform remains substantially constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.