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US 10,858,084 B1Granted
Raft carrying case
AssigneeAir Cruisers Company
InventorsAndrew Mahlon Harlow, Robert Host, Whitney Bender, Raphael Petit
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a raft carrying case that allows deployment of a life raft while also securing a survival kit for access by the life raft passengers. The case includes two parts, a detachable survival kit and a raft enclosure portion.
Claims16
A carrying case system for a life raft, comprising:
- a raft enclosure portion and a survival kit positioned external to the raft enclosure portion,
- wherein the raft enclosure portion encloses a life raft and comprises a closure system that maintains the raft enclosure portion in a closed configuration until life raft deployment,
- wherein the closure system is opened via a release system,
- wherein the raft enclosure portion further comprises a first tether securement point on an internal surface of the raft enclosure portion;
- wherein the life raft comprises a second tether securement point;
- and
- a tether secured to the first tether securement point and to the second tether securement point, wherein the survival kit is detachably secured via an attachment that extends a length of an external end surface of the raft enclosure portion, allowing the survival kit to be accessible without opening the raft enclosure portion but rigidly attached to the external end of the raft enclosure portion,
- wherein once the life raft is deployed from the raft enclosure portion, the tether maintains a connection between the life raft and the raft enclosure portion such that a user can use the tether to pull the opened raft enclosure portion into the deployed life raft and detach the survival kit from the raft enclosure portion.
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