Submarine escape suit
AssigneeSurvitec Group Limited
InventorsRobert Prendergast, Stephen Littler
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Abstract
A submarine escape suit includes an ascent stole (22) for assisting a wearer to ascent to the surface from a submarine. The suit also includes a life preserver stole (26) that can be inflated on reaching the surface, to provide the suit with additional surface buoyancy. The life preserver stole (26) can also be inflated underwater to provide the suit with additional ascent buoyancy, if required.
Claims13
A submarine escape suit comprising an ascent hood, a first inflatable chamber, an inflation tube leading to the first inflatable chamber and for connection to a supply of breathable gas to provide ascent buoyancy for the suit and breathable gas to the ascent hood, a second inflatable chamber, and a gas supply carried by the suit and operable to inflate the second chamber to provide the suit with additional buoyancy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.