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US 8,998,145 B2Granted
Parachute package and components thereof
AssigneeNorth American Aerodynamics
InventorJohn P. Higgins
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Abstract
A parachute package including a harness, a reserve parachute container attached to the harness, and a main parachute container releasably secured to the harness, wherein the main and reserve parachute containers are releasably fastened together.
Claims8
A parachute package comprising:
- (A) a harness;
- (B) a reserve parachute container non-releasably attached to the harness, the reserve parachute container comprising a downwardly extending apron;
- (C) a main parachute container releasably secured to the harness, the main parachute container comprising a bight;
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- (D) means for releasably fastening together the main and reserve parachute containers in a nested configuration so that the bight of the main parachute container overlaps the apron of the reserve parachute container, wherein the parachute package is adapted to be worn on the back of a wearer.
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A parachute package comprising:
- (A) a harness;
- (B) a reserve parachute container non-releasably attached to the harness, the reserve parachute container comprising a downwardly extending apron;
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- (C) a main parachute container comprising a bight and releasably secured to the reserve parachute container in a nested configuration so that the bight of the main parachute container overlaps the apron of the reserve parachute container, wherein the parachute package is adapted to be worn on the back of a wearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.