Negative lift evacuation slide
US10464682B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2027/145
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The evacuation assembly may include an evacuation slide having a head portion, a toe portion, a longitudinal axis, a top surface, and a bottom surface. In various embodiments, the longitudinal axis extends centrally along a length of the evacuation slide from the head portion to the toe portion. In various embodiments, a top perimetrical length of the top surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in a width direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is less than a bottom perimetrical length of the bottom surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in the width direction.
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