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US 11,148,760 B2Granted
Flotation device with boarding apparatus
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsTimothy C Haynes, Drew Hartman, Rachel Burt, John Markovic, Eric Folland, Philip E Burbank, Michael Jacob Robb
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Abstract
A boarding apparatus for use on a flotation device, in accordance with various embodiments is disclosed herein. The boarding apparatus comprises a stirrup ladder. The boarding apparatus may be integral to a lifeline assembly of the flotation device. The boarding apparatus may be removably coupled to a loop patch of the flotation device. The boarding apparatus may release from the loop patch and become a boarding configuration for the flotation device.
Claims5
A flotation device comprising:
- an inflation tube;
- a plurality of loop patches disposed around a perimeter of the inflation tube;
- a lifeline extending from adjacent loop patches in the plurality of loop patches, the lifeline extending along the perimeter of the inflation tube;
- a lifeline configuration comprising a boarding apparatus extending from a first loop patch in the plurality of loop patches to a second loop patch in the plurality of loop patches, the boarding apparatus extending along the perimeter of the inflation tube;
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- a boarding configuration comprising the boarding apparatus extending from the first loop patch downward and perpendicular to the perimeter of the inflation tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.