US 4,095,314 A · Shockload resistant canopy release

Abstract

The Canopy Release is for the purpose of connecting the webbings from a canopy or parachute to a harness worn by a person. The device includes a male connector member insertable in a female connector member and a releasable locking device for locking the male member in the female member. The male member is connected to one webbing and it has a prong having a keeper recess in at least one edge and it is inserted into a pocket in the female member; a lock in the female member is moveable into and out of the pocket to interlock with the keeper recess and to release the same; a pin in the lock is journalled in the female member and in a cover plate having a substantially U-shaped slot therein; a manipulating frame is connected to the pin so as to turn the pin when the manipulating frame is turned; a guide extends from the manipulating frame into the U-shaped slot and is resiliently urged into the respective ends of the U-shaped slot thereby to prevent a turning movement of the frame until the guide is moved into the curved middle portion of the U-shaped slot; a manipulating handle is resiliently concealed in the manipulating frame slides the guide out of the respective ends of the U-shaped slot and into the curved portion thereby to permit the turning of the manipulating frame for withdrawing the lock from or turning it into the keeper recess in the prong of the male member.

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Dependent claims

In a webbing connector,

a male connector member,
a female connector member having a pocket therein,
a part of said male connector member being insertable into said pocket and having a keeper recess therein,
a lock in said female connector projectable into said recess for locking said connector members together,
a manipulating member on said female member for moving said lock into and out of said recess at will,
and locking means to lock said manipulating member in the locking position of said lock,
means to rotatably hold said manipulating member on said female member,
means to translate the rotating motion of said manipulating member into moving said lock into and out of said keeper recess at will,
said locking means including a guide element on said female body adjacent said manipulating member,
a guide on said manipulating member coacting with said guide element,
said guide element having a middle portion substantially concentric with the center of rotation of said manipulating member, and having an end portion at each end of said middle portion extending at an angle to the middle portion to block said guide from movement about said center,
and manipulatable means to shift said guide out of the respective end portions and to said middle portion thereby to free said manipulating member for rotating manipulation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Shockload resistant canopy release

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Shockload resistant canopy release

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Abstract

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