Nonwoven Flexible Composites
AssigneeAir Cruisers Company
InventorsDeepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.
Claims32
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An inflatable evacuation slide, life raft, life vest, or other life-saving inflatable device, comprising:
- a flexible composite material, comprising
- a substrate of nonwoven material comprising a plurality of filaments;
- wherein the flexible composite material is a high-strength lightweight material with a weight of about 8 ounces per square yard or less.
A non-airholding feature on an evacuation slide, life raft, life vest or other life-saving inflatable device, the non-airholding feature comprising:
- a flexible composite material, comprising
- a substrate of nonwoven material comprising a plurality of filaments;
- wherein the flexible composite material is a high-strength lightweight material with a weight of about 8 ounces per square yard or less.
A method for manufacturing an inflatable evacuation slide, raft, life vest, or other life-saving inflatable device, comprising:
- providing or obtaining a flexible composite material of claim 1,
- forming the composite material of claim 1 into a tubular structure.
A method for manufacturing an inflatable evacuation slide, raft, life vest, or other life-saving inflatable device, comprising:
- forming an evacuation slide, raft, life vest, or other life-saving inflatable device;
- and
- applying the composite material of claim 1 to the device as a floor or other accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.