Device suspended to a carrier for rescuing people or equipment
OwnerJean-Francois Tardyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device suspended from a carrier craft for the recovery of persons or items of equipment, of the type comprising a connection (21) joining the craft to a foldable and deployable pod (20) formed by a framework associated with a flexible support (23). The framework includes, fixed to the connection (21), a central mast (2, 3) connected to mobile means (4, 6) bearing the flexible support (23), to ensure the folding and deployment of the mobile means and of the flexible support around the central mast. Application to the rescue of persons in danger from a helicopter.
Claims12
A device suspended from a carrier craft for the recovery of persons or items of equipment comprising a connection joining the craft to a foldable and deployable pod formed by a framework associated with a flexible support, wherein the framework includes, fixed to the connection, a central mast connected to mobile means bearing the flexible support to ensure the folding and deployment of the mobile means and the flexible support around the central mast, wherein the central mast includes two telescopic members, one being fixed, and secured by one of its ends to the connection, and the other, connected to the mobile means, being constituted by a tube sliding longitudinally about the fixed member to ensure the folding and deployment of the mobile means bearing the flexible support about the central mast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.