Parachute container and the application of the container to a parachute

Claim 2

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachutist''s parachute having an automatic opening strap which has an outer end portion for connection to an aircraft, said container comprising a first closing flap and a second closing flap, said flaps substantially defining a container-opening side of the container for releasing the parachute, connecting means for normally interconnecting the flaps in a parachute-containing position, the connecting means being capable of allowing the disconnection of the flaps and the flaps being capable of opening and allowing the parachute to leave the container when a pull is exerted on the opening strap when the parachutist jumps from the aircraft, and a panel for coiling the opening strap, the panel having means for releasably holding the strap in a coiled condition and being disposed in an upper part of the container on the inside of said flaps so that the panel and the coiled strap are covered and protected by the flaps in the closed condition of the container.

Claim 3

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachutist''s parachute having an automatic opening strap which has an outer end portion for connection to an aircraft, said container comprising a first closing flap and a second closing flap, said flaps substantially defining a container-opening side of the container for releasing the parachute, connecting means for normally interconnecting the flaps in a parachute-containing position, the connecting means being capable of allowing the disconnection of the flaps and the flaps being capable of opening and allowing the parachute to leave the container when a pull is exerted on the opening strap when the parachutist jumps from the aircraft, and a panel for coiling the opening strap, the panel having means for releasably holding the strap in a coiled condition and being disposed in an upper part of the container on the inside of said flaps so that the panel and the coiled strap are covered and protected by the flaps in the closed condition of the container.

Claim 4

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachutist''s parachute having an automatic opening strap which has an outer end portion for connection to an aircraft, said container comprising a first closing flap and a second closing flap, said flaps substantially defining a container-opening side of the container for releasing the parachute, connecting means for normally interconnecting the flaps in a parachute-containing position, the connecting means being capable of allowing the disconnection of the flaps and the flaps being capable of opening and allowing the parachute to leave the container when a pull is exerted on the opening strap when the parachutist jumps from the aircraft, and a panel for coiling the opening strap, the panel having means for releasably holding the strap in a coiled condition and being disposed in an upper part of the container on the inside of said flaps so that the panel and the coiled strap are covered and protected by the flaps in the closed condition of the container.

Claim 5

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said two flaps have edge portions and two notches in an upper part of the edge portions, the notches defining, in a position of the two flaps for closing the container, an outlet opening for the outer end portion of the opening strap.

Claim 6

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first flap has a longitudinal edge portion and a band carried by an outer face of the edge portion and the second flap has a longitudinal edge portion and a band carried by an inner face of the edge portion of the second flap, the bands being adapted to overlap each other in positions of the first flap and second flap for closing the container and having intergripping characteristics for maintaining the container closed before use.

Claim 7

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachute having an automatic opening strap, said container comprising closing flaps and a panel for coiling the opening strap, the panel being disposed in an upper part of the container in such position that, after coiling the strap, the panel and the coiled strap are covered and protected by the flaps of the container which are adapted and arranged for this purpose, a first flap of said flaps having an upper edge portion on an inner face of the first flap and a first band on the edge portion and a second flap of said flaps having an upper edge portion on an inner face of the second flap and a second band on the edge portion of the second flap, the container further comprising a third band secured in an upper part of the container above the panel, the first and second bands being adapted and arranged to overlap the third band in positions of the first and second flaps for closing the container and said bands having intergripping characteristics whereby the flaps are maintained closed along said upper edge portions.

Claim 8

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachute having an automatic opening strap, said container comprising closing flaps and a panel for coiling the opening strap, the panel being disposed in an upper part of the container in such position that, after coiling the strap, the panel and the coiled strap are covered and protected by the flaps of the container which are adapted and arranged for this purpose, a first flap of said flaps having an upper edge portion on an inner face of the first flap and a first band on the edge portion and a second flap of said flaps having an upper edge portion on an inner face of the second flap and a second band on the edge portion of the second flap, the container further comprising a third band secured in an upper part of the container above the panel, the first and second bands being adapted and arranged to overlap the third band in positions of the first and second flaps for closing the container and said bands having intergripping characteristics whereby the flaps are maintained closed along said upper edge portions.

Claim 9

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachute having an automatic opening strap, said container comprising a first lateral closing flap having an inner longitudinally extending band and an upper inner transversely extending band, a second lateral flap having an outer longitudinally extending band capable of being overlapped by the longitudinally extending band of the first flap in positions of the flaps for closing the container and an upper inner transversely extending band, a panel for coiling and carrying the opening strap and located in an upper part of the container in such position as to be covered and protected by the two flaps in positions of the flaps for closing the container, the flaps being adapted and arranged for thus covering the panel and coiled opening strap, a band secured to the container in an upper part of the container and capable of being overlapped by said upper inner bands of the flaps in positions of the flaps for closing the container, said bands having intergripping properties whereby when the longitudinal bands overlap and the band secured to the container and the transversely extending bands overlap said bands hold the container closed before use, a notch in each flap in an upper part of the corresponding longitudinally extending band, said notches defining in an overlapping position of the longitudinally extending bands an outlet opening, said opening strap having a hooking end portion extending through said opening.

Claim 10

An automatically opened parachute container for a parachute having an automatic opening strap, said container comprising a first lateral closing flap having an inner longitudinally extending band and an upper inner transversely extending band, a second lateral flap having an outer longitudinally extending band capable of being overlapped by the longitudinally extending band of the first flap in positions of the flaps for closing the container and an upper inner transversely extending band, a panel for coiling and carrying the opening strap and located in an upper part of the container in such position as to be covered and protected by the two flaps in positions of the flaps for closing the container, the flaps being adapted and arranged for thus covering the panel and coiled opening strap, a band secured to the container in an upper part of the container and capable of being overlapped by said upper inner bands of the flaps in positions of the flaps for closing the container, said bands having intergripping properties whereby when the longitudinal bands overlap and the band secured to the container and the transversely extending bands overlap said bands hold the container closed before use, a notch in each flap in an upper part of the corresponding longitudinally extending band, said notches defining in an overlapping position of the longitudinally extending bands an outlet opening, said opening strap having a hooking end portion extending through said opening.