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US 8,539,875 B1Granted
Protection system
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Hoadley, Robert Knochenhaur, Thieu Truong, Gary Anderson, Michael Farinella
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Abstract
A net deployment system which, in one example, includes lengthy housing with a channel therein, a net folded in the channel, a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net, attachments between the net and the bladder, and at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.
Claims9
A net deployment system comprising:
- a lengthy housing with a channel therein;
- a net folded in the channel;
- a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net;
- breakaway attachments between the net and the bladder;
- and
- at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.
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A net deployment system comprising:
- a lengthy housing with a channel therein;
- a net folded in the channel;
- a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net, the bladder including pockets with reinforcing strips therein disposed on opposite sides of the clamping strip;
- attachments between the net and the bladder;
- and
- at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.