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Packing sack for a life jacket and its easy access storage, especially in an aircraft
Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
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Filing: 1987-02-14
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Granted: 1989-11-28
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Expires: 2007-02-14
Abstract
Abstract A packing sack or bag for holding a life jacket, providing an easy access thereto, preferably in an aircraft, has the shape of a hose with an open end (6) and a closed end (7). The closed end (7) forms a tab (8) to receive at least one securing element (9). A rip cord (14) fixed at one point (17) situated approximately at the middle of the length of the bag (2, 3, 4) and surrounding the extremity of the folded life jacket (16) turned to the side of the open end (6) of the bag (2, 3, 4), extends along the inner surface of the bag (2, 3, 4) and comes out through its open end (6). The bag may be directly suspended from a wall or a ceiling or may be placed into a container (1). The main advantage of such a packing sack is that the required manipulation to grab the life jacket (16) may be easily executed by a single hand.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Becker
- 👤 Bruno Jansa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:22
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64D; B64D25/00; B63; B63C; B63C9/00; B63C9/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, comprising a substantially hose shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
A packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, comprising a substantially hose shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The packing sack of claim 1, further comprising a strap (33) for closing the open end (6, 32) of said packing sack.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The packing sack of claim 1, further comprising means for securing said packing sack to a surface in said craft.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The packing sack of claim 3, wherein said means for securing said packing sack comprise a band (11) including band opening means (13), said band holding a free end of said packing sack.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The packing sack of claim 4, wherein said rip cord is arranged for first releasing said band opening means by pulling said rip cord to permit said packing sack to tilt downwardly into a position with its open end facing down, and to then pull said life jacket out of said packing sack.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The packing sack of claim 3, wherein said means for securing said packing sack comprise a clamp (34) for holding a free end of said packing sack.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The packing sack of claim 6, wherein said rip cord is arranged for first pulling said packing sack out of its clamp and then said life jacket out of said packing sack.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
272 words
A combination of a container and at least one packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, wherein said packing sack comprises a substantially hose-shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly, and wherein said container encloses a space for holding said packing sack, said container further comprising at least one downwardly tiltable flap (5) for opening said container, and securing means for attaching said closed end (7) of said packing sack to said container, and means for holding said open end of said packing sack in a stored position in said container.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
272 words
A combination of a container and at least one packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, wherein said packing sack comprises a substantially hose-shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly, and wherein said container encloses a space for holding said packing sack, said container further comprising at least one downwardly tiltable flap (5) for opening said container, and securing means for attaching said closed end (7) of said packing sack to said container, and means for holding said open end of said packing sack in a stored position in said container.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination of claim 8, further comprising a strap (33) for closing the open end (6, 32) of said packing sack.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The combination of claim 8, wherein said holding means of said container (1) comprise a clamp (34) for holding an open end (6, 32) of said packing sack in said stored position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination of claim 8, wherein said holding means comprise a band including a surface zipper for holding an open end of said packing sack in said stored position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination of claim 8, further comprising a rip cord arranged for first releasing said holding means and then to pull said life jacket out of said packing sack.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combination of claim 8, further comprising means for securing said packing sack to a surface in said container.
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