Inflating and separating mechanism for impact responsive distress signal device

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN INFLATABLE DEVICE AND A SOURCE OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE FOR INFLATION THEREOF, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID INFLATABLE DEVICE TO THE SOURCE OF GAS AND CONDUCTING SAID GAS INTO THE DEVICE COMPRISING, TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO THE SOURCE OF GAS AND THE INFLATABLE DEVICE, MEANS ON SAID TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS FOR SEATING EACH OTHER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE SOURCE OF GAS, ONE-WAY VALVE MEANS MOUNTED BY ONE OF SAID TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS FOR BLOCKING FLOW OF GAS FROM THE INFLATABLE DEVICE INTO THE OTHER OF SAID TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS, DISPLACEABLE LOCKING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID MEMBERS FOR HOLDING THE MEMBERS SEATED ON EACH OTHER, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE IN THE INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR DISPLACING THE LOCKING MEANS TO PERMIT SEPARATION OF THE TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS, SAID DISPLACEABLE LOCKING MEANS COMPRISING, A LOCKING PIN SLIDABLY MOUNTED BY SAID ONE OF THE TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH A RELEASE PIN CONNECTED TO A PRESSURE RESPONSIVE MEANS AND A RETAINING PIN MOUNTED IN THE OTHER OF STAID TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS WHEN SEATED ON SAID ONE OF THE TWO PASSAGE MEMBERS, AND MEANS BIASING THE RETAINING PIN AND THE LOCKING PIN ENGAGED THEREWITH TO POSITIONS INTERCONNECTING SAID PASSAGE MEMBERS.