Submarine escape suits
AssigneeSurvitec Group Limited
InventorsRichard C. Taylor, Steve Littler, Robert J Prendergast
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Abstract
The submarine escape suit has a hood (14) covering the head of a wearer during ascent from a submarine. In order to allow the wearer to expose his/her face, the hood (14) is provided with a portion (21) overlying the face of a wearer that is releasable from the remainder of the hood (14). The releasable portion (21) may be re-attachable.
Claims17
A submarine escape suit comprising a hood configured to cover the head of a wearer, the hood including a face panel configured to overly the face of a wearer, the face panel divided into first and second portions by a first releasable closure disposed in the face panel, the first releasable closure configured to allow a wearer to enter the submarine escape suit through the face panel when the first releasable closure is open, and the face panel being connected to the remainder of the hood by second and third releasable closures disposed on opposite sides of the face panel, the second and third releasable closures configured to enable the face panel to be lifted away from the remainder of the hood to expose the face of a wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.