Safety device for airplanes land safety

Claim 1

An airplane fuselage in combination with emergency parachute safety means, comprising a recess in the fuselage enclosed by a housing, having bottom and sidewalls, and a cover normally in a closed position sealing the opening encompassed by the sidewalls, said cover having an outer surface conforming to the contour of the outer fuselage surface providing thereby a smooth surface continuous with the outer fuselage surface, including a latch engaging the cover for retaining the cover in the normally closed position, said cover having an inner surface abutting the housing along the ends of the sidewalls, including release means engaging the latch continuously, said release means being responsive to a predetermined signal to move the latch to a release position releasing the cover, said housing being slidably mounted in said recess for outward transverse movement, including resilient means biasing said housing outward against the cover inner surface, in combination with a support attached to said housing bottom having a parachute attached to said support, wherein the support and parachute are normally contained within said recess and are ejected to the external atmosphere upon movement of the latch to the release position, said housing having stops adjacent the bottom thereof, said stops projecting into slots in opposed walls of said recess.