Lumbar pad for aircraft ejection seats

Claim 1

A SELF-SUPPORTING, EMERGENCY KIT, LUMBAR PAD FOR APPLICATION TO THE BACK OF A SEAT TO PROVIDE BOTH CUSHIONING AND LATERAL SUPPORT FOR THE USER IN THE SEAT, AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE A STORAGE FOR SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, SAID PAD COMPRISING: A SOFT FORWARD-PLY OF IRREGULAR CROSS-SECTION HAVING PROTUBERANCES EXTENDING OUT OF THE PLANE OF ITS FORWARD FACE FOR CRADLING THE LUMBAR REGION OF THE USER''S BODY; A RIGID INTERMEDIATE-PLY FOR CONTROLLING THE SHAPE OF SAID PAD, WIT ITS FORWARD FACE ABUTTING THE AFT FACE OF SAID FORWARD-PLY AND ITS AFT FACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES THEREIN SHAPED TO SNUGLY RECEIVE VARIOUS SURVIVAL ITEMS; A SOFT AFT-PLY WITH ITS FORWARD FACE ABUTTING THE AFT FACE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE-PLY; A COVERING COMPLETELY ENCASING THE LUMBAR PAD AND HAVING A SLIDE FASTENER ACCESS MEANS FOR PROVIDING EASY ACCESS TO THE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH SAID FASTENER; AND A STRAPS SECURED TO SAID COVERING FOR INDEPENDENTLY SECURING THE PAD TO THE USER, SAID COVERING BEING PROVIDED WITH DETACHABLE STRAPS AND THE PAD BEING RECEIVED BY THE BACK PORTION OF AN AIRCRAFT EJECTION SEAT AND, THROUGH SAID DETACHABLE STRAPS, BEING SECURED TO THE CONTAINER OF A PARACHUTE IN THE SEAT, WHEREBY, UPON EJECTION, THE SEAT AND PARACHUTE CONTAINER ARE CAPABLE OF FALLING AWAY FROM THE USER WHILE THE PAD REMAINS STRAPPED TO THE USER''S BACK FOR EASY ACCESS TO THE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT UPON LANDING.