Sea survival device including several pneumatic liferafts
US7708611B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63C2009/042
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sea survival device (1) comprising a container (2) with several shells (3, 4) enclosing respective pneumatic liferafts (5, 6) in the deflated and folded-up state, and inflation means; one half-shell (4) enclosing a liferaft (6) is closed by a closure partition (7); the automatically triggered inflation means are operationally associated with at least the first liferaft (5) in a manner such that said first liferaft (5) is inflated first when the survival device (1) is deployed operationally; and the liferaft (6) is operationally associated with inflation trigger means suitable for trigging inflation thereof only once the first liferaft (5) is inflated.
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