Method, system, and apparatus for a parachute
OwnerShawn D Pageinventor
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Abstract
In a first embodiment, a parachute comprising a top portion of a ram-air parachute and a bottom portion of a ram-air parachute, wherein the bottom portion extends less than ⅓ the length of the top portion. In a second embodiment, a parachute comprising a composite fabric. In a third embodiment, an air deployable gliding surface parachute comprising a top surface; where the top surface forms an airfoil, ribs; where the ribs run from the front of the top surface to the back of the top surface and are substantially parallel to each other rib and flares, where the flares are substantially parallel to each other flare; wherein the air deployable gliding surface parachute does not have a bottom portion.
Claims12
An air deployable parachute comprising:
- a top portion of a ram-air parachute comprising a first leading edge and a plurality of seams;
- a bottom portion of a ram-air parachute having a second leading edge, wherein the bottom portion extends less than one-third the length of the top portion;
- a front portion comprising a plurality of ribs;
- a back portion extending beyond the bottom portion and comprising a plurality of flares,
- wherein each flare of the plurality of flares of the back portion is attached to a corresponding seam of the plurality of seams of the top portion.
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