Method of improved distribution over the surface of a parachute canopy
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorJames E. Sadeck
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Abstract
A parachute canopy system includes a canopy having a skirt and a suspension line system, where each suspension line of the suspension line system is attached to the skirt. A pair of first line members is attached to the canopy, the pair of first line members extending in a substantially radial direction away from the skirt towards a center of the canopy. A first end of each line member in the pair of first line members is connected together to the suspension line at the skirt. A first end of the second line member is connected to adjacent second ends of adjacent pairs of first line members that extend towards the center of the canopy.
Claims3
A parachute canopy system, comprising:
- a canopy having a skirt on an outer periphery of the canopy and a vent defined by an inner periphery of the canopy;
- a suspension line attached to the skirt;
- a first junction point on the skirt;
- a pair of first line members attached to the canopy along one side thereof and extending in a substantially radial direction away from the skirt towards the inner periphery of the canopy, a first end of each pair of first line members being connected together and to the suspension line at the first junction point on the skirt and each first line member having a second end terminating at the inner periphery of the canopy and being laterally spaced from each other along the inner periphery of the canopy;
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- a pair of second line members located along another side of the canopy, a first end of each of the second line members connected to the inner periphery of the canopy and to a respective second end of one of the first line members and a second end of each of the second line members connected to a single second junction point on the suspension line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.