Emergency landing apparatus for aircraft

Claim 1

IN AN AIRCRAFT HAVING A FUSELAGE WITH A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND A TAIL SECTION, APPARATUS FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN AN EMERGENCY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FUSELAGE SECTION MOUNTED BENEATH SAID PASSENGER COMPARTMENT RETRACTIBLE UPWARDLY INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, A FLOOR CARRIED BY SAID FUSELAGE SECTION, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID FUSELAGE SECTION AND SAID FLOOR YIELDABLY MAINTAINING SAID FLOOR AND FUSELAGE SECTION IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP, RELEASABLE LOCK MEANS RELEASABLY SECURING SAID FUSELAGE SECTION AND SAID FLOOR IN NORMAL ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP WITHIN SAID FUSELAGE, AND A PLURALITY OF PARACHUTE ASSEMBLIES EACH INCLUDING A PARACHUTE RELEASABLY STORED WITHIN SPACED APART PORTIONS OF SAID FUSELAGE AND TAIL SECTION FOR SUPPORTING SAID AIRCRAFT FOR CONTROLLED DESCENT UPON FAILURE OF MOTIVE POWER FOR LANDING UPON SAID FUSELAGE SECTION IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE OF SAID PARACHUTE ASSEMBLIES AND SAID LOCK MEANS.