Device for storing life vests in a vehicle cabin
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsUwe Schneider, Quang-Hoa Le
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Abstract
A device is provided for storing at least one emergency equipment item. The device includes, but is not limited to at least one receptacle that is positioned above passenger seats and respectively provided with an access opening and at least one closure element for closing the access opening. In order to provide simpler access, at least one emergency equipment item is held in the receptacle and connected to a pulling element that protrudes from the access opening when the closure element is opened. The closure element may be opened and closed by means of a remote-controlled locking mechanism on the receptacle.
Claims12
A device for storing a plurality of life vests, comprising:
- a plurality of life vests;
- a plurality of receptacles that are positioned above a plurality of passenger seats, arranged adjacent to one another parallel to a longitudinal axis of a cabin and that define a channel-like structure extending along the longitudinal axis of the cabin for holding the plurality of life vests in an overlapping arrangement;
- a plurality of access openings respectively provided in each of the plurality of receptacles;
- a plurality of hinged covers each for closing a respective one of the plurality of access openings;
- a pulling element coupled to each one of the plurality of life vests that protrudes from the plurality of access openings when a respective one of the plurality of hinged covers is opened, with the pulling elements of a sub plurality of the plurality of life vests extending through each of the plurality of access openings when a respective one of the plurality of hinged covers is opened;
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- a remote-controlled locking mechanism adapted to open and close the plurality of hinged covers on the plurality of receptacles.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of life vests;
- a plurality of receptacles that are positioned above a plurality of passenger seats and arranged adjacent to one another, parallel to a longitudinal axis of a cabin of the vehicle that define a channel-like structure extending along the longitudinal axis of the cabin for holding the plurality of life vests in an overlapping arrangement and each of the plurality of receptacles is respectively provided with a plurality of access openings and a plurality of hinged covers each adapted to close a respective one of the plurality of access openings,
- wherein the plurality of life vests are held in each of the plurality of receptacles and are each connected to a pulling element that protrudes from the plurality of access openings when each of the plurality of hinged covers is opened, with the pulling elements of a sub plurality of the plurality of life vests extending through each of the plurality of access openings when a respective one of the plurality of hinged covers is opened;
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- a remote-controlled locking mechanism is provided for opening or closing each of the plurality of hinged covers arranged on the plurality of receptacles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.