Pressure suit tie-down mechanism

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN INFLATABLE PRESSURE SUIT HAVING A CROTCH, A HELMET AND A RIGID NECKRING TO WHICH THE HELMET IS REMOVABLY SECURED, A PRESSURE SUIT TIEDOWN MECHANISM COMPRISING: A PULLEY BLOCK ASSEMBLY DISPOSED ON THE FRONT OF SAID SUIT; CABLE MEANS ATTACHING SAID PULLEY BLOCK ASSEMBLY TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE NECK RING; FIRST AND SECOND PULLEYS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PULLEY BLOCK ASSEMBLY; A FIRST CORD REEVED OVER SAID FIRST PULLEY; A SECOND CORD REEVED OVER SAID SECOND PULLEY; A CROTCH STRAP ATTACHED TO SAID SUIT IN THE VICINTY OF THE CROTCH AND HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY UPWARDLY EXTENDING END PORTION; COUPLING MEANS JOINING THE UPWARD END OF SAID CROTCH STRAP WITH THE ENDS OF SAID CORDS; CLAMPLING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID CORDS; EACH SAID CLAMPING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF ITS ASSOCIATED CORD IN A GIVEN DIRECTION OVER ITS SUPPORTING PULLEY FOR CLAMPING THE CORD WHEREBY WHEN SAID CORDS ARE PULLLED BY THE SUIT WEARER''S HANDS IN THE DIRECTIONS ADAPTED TO ACTUATE SAID CLAMPING MEANS A DOWNWARD PULL WILL BE EXERTED ON THE NECK RING AND AN UPWARD PULL EXERTED ON THE CROTCH STRAP TO THEREBY SHORTEN THE SUIT AND HOLD DOWN THE SUIT HELMET; MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID CLAMPING MEANS INOPERATIVE AND MAINTAINING SAID CORDS IN A TAUT CONDITION WHEN THE PULL EXERTED ON SAID CORDS BY THE SUIT WEARER''S HANDS IS RELEASED; AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE ADJUSTMENT MADE IN THE LENGTH OF THE SUIT BY THE SUIT WEARER IN PULLING THE CORD IN THE DIRECTIONS ADAPTED TO ACTUATE SAID CLAMPING MEANS.