Systems and methods for rain abatement in parachute packing
AssigneeAMI Industries, Inc.
InventorsSteve Holstine, John Hampton
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Abstract
A recovery parachute assembly may comprise a container comprising an open base end, a parachute packed within the container, a plurality of riser lines and suspension lines packed within the container and proximate the open base end, a tray including a lip configured to receive the open base end of the parachute container, and a first standoff block coupled to the tray, wherein the first standoff block compresses at least one of the riser lines or suspension lines into the base end of the container and away from the tray, wherein the first standoff block defines a channel between the lip of the tray and the first standoff block, wherein the channel includes a plurality of drain holes formed along a distal edge of the tray.
Claims17
A recovery parachute assembly, comprising:
- a parachute container comprising an open base end;
- a parachute packed within the container;
- a plurality of riser lines and suspension lines packed within the container and proximate the open base end;
- a tray including a lip configured to receive the open base end of the parachute container;
- and
- a first standoff block coupled to the tray, wherein the first standoff block compresses at least one of the riser lines or suspension lines into the base end of the container and away from the tray,
- wherein the first standoff block defines a channel between the lip of the tray and the first standoff block,
- wherein the channel includes a plurality of drain holes formed along a distal edge of the tray.
An ejection seat for an aircraft, comprising:
- a seat bucket;
- a seat back coupled to the seat bucket;
- a propulsion system;
- and
- a parachute container comprising an open base end;
- a parachute packed within the container;
- a plurality of riser lines and suspension lines packed within the container and proximate the open base end;
- a tray including a lip configured to receive the open base end of the parachute container, wherein the tray is coupled to the seat back;
- and
- a first standoff block coupled to the tray, wherein the first standoff block compresses at least one of the riser lines or suspension lines into the base end of the container and away from the tray,
- wherein the first standoff block defines a channel between the lip of the tray and the first standoff block,
- wherein the channel includes a plurality of drain holes formed along a distal edge of the tray.
An article of manufacture including:
- a first standoff block configured to be coupled within a first basin of a tray;
- and
- a skirt configured to be coupled proximate a base end of a container,
- wherein the first basin and a second basin are defined by a lip of the tray,
- wherein a channel is defined between the first standoff block and the lip of the tray in response to coupling the first standoff block within the first basin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.