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US 12,562,082 B2Granted
High visibility aerial landing system
OwnerJason Marksinventor
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Abstract
A high visibility aerial landing system for providing improved visibility and landing indication at short range or close range for a helicopter to help distinguish between safe or preferred landing zones from hazardous landing zones. The system has a flexible panel, a mooring assembly, and an indicator system. Further embodiments are specialized to be carried by the EMS or hikers.
Claims11
A high visibility aerial landing system capable of employing environmental ballast;
- the high visibility aerial landing system comprising:
- a marker panel backing having a front, a back, top, bottom, edges extending along a perimeter, with corners between adjacent edges;
- a plurality of ballast assemblies secured to the marker panel, at least a first two of the plurality of ballast assemblies secured along edges of the marker panel;
- an anchor assembly secured along corners of the marker panel;
- an indicator system facilitating night vision;
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- wherein an additional of the plurality of ballast assemblies is a dual-capability ballast assembly comprising:
- a compartment enclosing a hollow,
- a seal securing the compartment fixedly to the panel;
- a reversible inlet along one lip of the compartment;
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- a locking mechanism along the reversible inlet capable of reversibly securing the hollow;
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- wherein the high visibility aerial landing system comprising a first configuration facilitating use;
- wherein the high visibility aerial landing system comprising a second configuration facilitating travel;
- wherein the hollow capable of containing the environmental ballast when the high visibility aerial landing system is in the first configuration;
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- wherein the hollow capable of containing the panel when the high visibility aerial landing system is in the second configuration.
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A high visibility aerial landing system comprising:
- a marker panel backing having a top and bottom;
- a mooring assembly secured to the panel, the mooring assembly having a plurality of ballast assemblies;
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- an indicator system facilitating scotopia;
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- wherein at least one of the plurality of ballast assemblies is a dual-capability ballast assembly;
- wherein the mooring assembly secured to the panel further comprising an anchor assembly comprising a first irreversibly secured component being irreversibly secured to the panel and holding and further securing an reversibly attachable component;
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- wherein the first irreversibly secured component is a D-ring, and the reversibly attachable component is a reversible locking clamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.