Floatation system including life raft
AssigneeApical Industries, Inc.
InventorsDavid Parrott, Don Hitzfield
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Abstract
A floatation system for attachment to a helicopter landing skid includes a girt dimensioned to be attached to a landing skid and a plurality of floats attached to the elongate girt, wherein the plurality of floats are adapted to be converted from a packed configuration to an deployed configuration, and wherein at least one of the plurality of floats extends beneath the elongate girt when the plurality of floats is in the deployed configuration.
Claims22
A floatation system for a helicopter having landing skids, comprising:
- at least one inflatable float attached to the landing skids for buoyantly supporting the helicopter on water;
- and
- an inflatable life raft for transporting persons, wherein the life raft is adapted to be released from the helicopter when the life raft is inflated.
A floatation system attached to a helicopter, comprising:
- a girt attached to the helicopter;
- at least one float attached to the girt;
- and
- a life raft releasably attached to the at least one float;
- wherein the at least one float is adapted to support the helicopter and the raft is adapted to transport persons.
A floatation system in combination with a helicopter landing skid, comprising:
- at least one inflatable float attached to the landing skid;
- and
- an inflatable life raft that is adapted to be released from the helicopter when the life raft is inflated.
A floatation system attached to a helicopter landing skid, comprising:
- a helicopter float;
- a life raft adapted to be released from the helicopter;
- and
- a floatation system housing coupled to the helicopter landing skid,
- wherein the helicopter float is coupled to the housing, and
- wherein at least a portion of the housing extends above the landing skid and contains the float and life raft in a packed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.