Continuously restrained evacuation system
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJaro Volny, Drew Hartman
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Abstract
A restraint arrangement for an evacuation system may comprise a first strap configured to be disposed along a length of the evacuation system, and a second strap configured to be disposed along the length of the evacuation system, wherein the first strap is coupled to the second strap, the first strap is coupled to the evacuation system via a first plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation system, the second strap is coupled to the evacuation system via a second plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation system, and the first strap is configured to separate from the second strap in response to a predetermined load.
Claims20
A restraint arrangement for an evacuation system comprising:
- a first strap configured to be disposed along a length of the evacuation system;
- and
- a second strap configured to be disposed along the length of the evacuation system;
- wherein the first strap is coupled to the second strap,
- the first strap is coupled to the evacuation system via a first plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation system,
- the second strap is coupled to the evacuation system via a second plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation system, and
- the first strap is configured to separate from the second strap in response to a predetermined load,
- wherein the second strap wraps around an end of the evacuation system.
An evacuation system comprising:
- an evacuation slide, the evacuation slide being inflatable;
- a restraint arrangement for the evacuation system comprising:
- a first strap configured to be disposed along a length of the evacuation system;
- and
- a second strap configured to be disposed along the length of the evacuation system;
- wherein the first strap is coupled to the second strap,
- the first strap is coupled to the evacuation slide via a first plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation slide,
- the second strap is coupled to the evacuation slide via a second plurality of attachment members along the length of the evacuation slide,
- the first strap is configured to separate from the second strap in response to a predetermined load, and
- the second strap wraps around an end of the evacuation system.
A method for manufacturing an evacuation slide, comprising:
- coupling a first strap to a second strap;
- disposing the first strap and the second strap along a length of the evacuation slide, wherein the second strap wraps around an end of the evacuation slide;
- coupling, via a first plurality of attachment members, the first strap to the evacuation slide along the length of the evacuation slide;
- and
- coupling, via a second plurality of attachment members, the second strap to the evacuation slide along the length of the evacuation slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.