Inflatable flying body for the rescue descent of a person
US6607166B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA62B1/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A person can safely descend from a burning high-rise building or the like using an inflatable flying body that has a hollow conical form in an inflated deployed condition, but is deflated and folded into a backpack form in a stowed condition. The flying body includes an upper stabilizing ring, a lower nose structure with a pneumatic damping body, spoke struts extending conically therebetween, a cover skin covering the abovementioned inflatable components to form the conical outer surface and provide aerodynamic braking drag, and gas generators to inflate the inflatable components. A person straps on the apparatus in the stowed backpack form and pulls a handle to actuate the gas generators for inflating the apparatus, whereby the expanding apparatus ejects the person from the building and then orients itself in a nose-down attitude during the descent. The pneumatic damping body damps and dissipates the landing impact energy.
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