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Maritime chute for maritime evacuation

AssigneeViking Life-Saving Equipment A/S

InventorBrian Birkemose

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Abstract

A substantially vertically descending maritime chute for maritime evacuation from a vessel to a floatable unit comprises an inlet section, a plurality of first sections, and a plurality of second sections, which, when connected define an evacuation path through the maritime chute. Each first section and each second section comprises a first upper end and second lower end. Each first section has a first connection means and a second connection means at its first and second ends, respectively. Each second section has a third connection means and a fourth connection means at its first and second ends, respectively. The first connection means is configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the fourth connection means to provide a first releasable connection, and the second connection means is configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the third connection means to provide a second releasable connection.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A maritime chute for maritime evacuation from a vessel to a floatable unit, the maritime chute being configured to substantially vertical descend, the maritime chute comprising

an inlet section,
a plurality of first sections, each first section comprising a first upper end having a first connection means and second lower end having a second connection means, and
a plurality of second sections, each second section comprising a first upper end having a third connection means and a second lower end having a fourth connection means,
the first connection means being configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the fourth connection means for providing a first releasable connection, and the second connection means being configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the third connection means for providing a second releasable connection,
the sections when connected define an evacuation path to lead a person down through the maritime chute during a descent;
wherein the first connection means are different from the second connection means so that a first section is not able to be connected with another first section;
and
wherein the third connection means are different from the fourth connection means so that a second section is not able to be connected with another second section.

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A maritime chute for maritime evacuation from a vessel to a floatable unit, the maritime chute being configured to substantially vertical descend, the maritime chute comprising:

an inlet section,
a plurality of first sections, each first section comprising a first upper end having a first connection means and second lower end having a second connection means, and
a plurality of second sections, each second section comprising a first upper end having a third connection means and a second lower end having a fourth connection means,
the first connection means being configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the fourth connection means for providing a first releasable connection, and the second connection means being configured to be arranged opposite to and to interact with the third connection means for providing a second releasable connection,
the sections when connected define an evacuation path to lead a person down through the maritime chute during a descent,
wherein each connection means comprises a plurality of tunnel segments, each tunnel segment being arranged with a distance to an adjacent tunnel segment thereby providing a space between them wherein a tunnel segment of another connection means is configured to be inserted so that all tunnel segments of two adjacent connection means together define a continuously extending tunnel in which a locking member is arranged for locking two adjacent connection means to each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/044,489Filed 15 Sep 2021
Priority: EP 2019634216 Sep 2020
Published: US 2023/0331352 A119 Oct 2023
Granted: 29 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B63B 27/28
Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers: of chutes
B63C 9/22
Life-saving in water: devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
B63B
Ships or other waterborne vessels
B63C
Launching, hauling-out, or dry-docking of vessels