An attachment system includes a support surface (50) having a plurality of spaced aligned support surface attachment formations (52), a load (60) having a load surface (66) with a plurality of spaced aligned load attachment formations (68), and an elongate resiliently deformable securing member (70) configured to attach the load to the support surface by cooperation with the plurality of the support surface attachment formations and the plurality of the load surface attachment formations. The elongate securing member is configured to pass through the plurality of the support surface attachment formations and the plurality of the load attachment formations to attach the load to the support surface. The attachment formations of at least one of the support surface and the load surface comprise spaced aligned slots (52-1, 68 -2, 68 -3) in the surface.
A life preserver has one or more torso portions 3, 4 extending over the front of a wearer's torso in use: a neck portion extending behind the wearer's neck in use; a first inflatable bladder 80 configured to provide buoyancy primarily to the one or more torso portions when inflated; and a second inflatable bladder 60 configured to provide buoyancy to the neck portion when inflated; and inflation means 112-118 for controlling inflation of the first bladder and the second bladder such that the second bladder begins inflation after the first bladder.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Chemicals used in industry and science; chemicals and gases
for use in marine and/or maritime industry; industrial
gases; inert gases. Compressors; air blowers being parts for machines; pumps,
fuel pumps; fuel pumps with internal fuel recirculation
system for safely applying fuel for burning processes;
generators; inert gas generating machines; inert gas
generating machines with internal combustion chamber and
scrubber; valves, pressure valves; vacuum control valves,
dosing valves, non-return valves for flow control, pressure
regulators; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned
goods. Safety apparatus; safety installations; electrical and
electronic apparatus and installations, namely electrical
and electronic automation apparatus and installations;
monitoring, controlling, detecting, warning and alarm
apparatus, systems and installations; programmable logic
controllers (PLC); gas and oxygen analysers, dew point
analysers, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow
sensors; valves operated automatically by electric and
electronic control; valves operated automatically by changes
in pressure and/or physical conditions and/or by
temperature; valves operated automatically by solenoid;
parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods. Apparatus for heating, cooling, refrigerating, drying,
ventilating and water supply; burners, gas burners, oil
burners, diesel burners; gas and air mixture burners, oil
and air mixture burners, diesel and air mixture burners;
combustion gas dryers; air blowers; thermostatic valves,
flushometer valves; parts and fittings for all the
aforementioned goods. Installation, maintenance and repair of compressors, air
blowers, pumps and fuel pumps, including fuel pumps with
internal fuel recirculation system for safely applying fuel
for burning processes; installation, maintenance and repair
of generators and inert gas generating machines, including
inert gas generating machines with internal combustion
chamber and scrubber; installation, maintenance and repair
of valves, pressure valves, vacuum valves, closing valves,
non-return valves, and pressure regulators; installation,
maintenance and repair of safety apparatus and
installations, and of electrical and electronic apparatus
and installations, namely electrical and electronic
automation apparatus and installations; installation,
maintenance and repair of monitoring, controlling,
detecting, warning and alarm apparatus, systems and
installations; installation, maintenance and repair of
programmable logic controllers (PLC), gas and oxygen
analysers, dew point analysers, temperature sensors,
pressure sensors and flow sensors; installation, maintenance
and repair of valves operated automatically by electric and
electronic control, of valves operated automatically by
changes in pressure and/or physical conditions and/or by
temperature, and of valves operated automatically by
solenoid; installation, maintenance and repair of apparatus
for heating, cooling, refrigerating, drying, ventilating and
water supply; installation, maintenance and repair of
burners, fuel burners, fuel and air mixture burners;
combustion gas dryers, thermostatic valves and flushometer
valves; installation, maintenance and repair of and parts
and fittings for all the aforementioned goods; information
and consultancy, in respect of all the aforementioned
services. Education; providing of training; providing of training in
the use and operation of gas equipment and installations;
safety regulation training; information and consultancy
related to all the aforementioned services. Scientific and technological services and research,
including design and analysis; engineering services; service
of design and development of computer hardware and software
related to integration of gas systems into ship and
shipboard installations; information and consultancy related
to all the aforementioned services; inspection services of
compressors, air blowers, pumps and fuel pumps, including
fuel pumps with internal fuel recirculation system for
safely applying fuel for burning processes; inspection
services of generators and inert gas generating machines,
including inert gas generating machines with internal
combustion chamber and scrubber; inspection services of
valves, pressure valves, vacuum valves, closing valves,
non-return valves, and pressure regulators; inspection
services of safety apparatus and installations, and of
electrical and electronic apparatus and installations,
namely electrical and electronic automation apparatus and
installations; inspection services of monitoring,
controlling, detecting, warning and alarm apparatus, systems
and installations; inspection services of programmable logic
controllers (PLC), gas and oxygen analysers, dew point
analysers, temperature sensors, pressure sensors and flow
sensors; inspection services of valves operated
automatically by electric and electronic control, of valves
operated automatically by changes in pressure and/or
physical conditions and/or by temperature, and of valves
operated automatically by solenoid; inspection services of
apparatus for heating, cooling, refrigerating, drying,
ventilating and water supply; inspection services of
burners, fuel burners, fuel and air mixture burners,
combustion gas dryers, thermostatic valves and flushometer
valves; inspection of and parts and fittings for all the
aforementioned goods.
A protection garment, such as a submarine escape suit, may comprise a hood (14) for covering the head of a wearer and at least one releasable connector (22a, 22b), the hood including a releasable portion releasable by the at least one releasable connector from the remainder of the hood to expose the face of a wearer, wherein the at least one releasable connector comprises an elongate strip (30a, 30b) attached to the hood such that when the strip is pulled away from the hood it tears the hood to release the portion of the hood. The protection garment may be made from a flexible material and comprises a body portion (12), left and right leg portions (11a,b), and an adjustment arrangement (40a,b, 42a,b) extending along an interior surface of the suit from first points (46a,b) on respective ones of the leg portions of the suit to second points on the body portion of the suit. The adjustment arrangement is configured to allow the suit to contract between the points to allow the suit to fit wearers of differing heights.
An inflatable bladder (33, 41) configured to be carried by an aircrew garment (35, 43, 34, 42) worn on the body of the aircrew and to apply pressure to the body when inflated by a gas to counteract effects of high G-forces during flight. the bladder (33, 41) includes a gas-permeable material allowing the passage of the gas therethrough to cool the body.
A41D 13/015 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with shock-absorbing means
A41D 13/018 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with shock-absorbing means inflatable automatically
A62B 17/00 - Protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes
An aircrew safety equipment mounting arrangement (31) for attachment to an item worn on the body of an aircrew member is disclosed. The mounting arrangement includes a mounting plate (33), a backing plate (52), pivotal attachment means (55) for coupling the mounting plate to the backing plate, and locking means 61 for locking the mounting plate and the backing plate in a closed position. The mounting arrangement is moveable by the pivotal attachment means between the closed position, in which the mounting arrangement is arranged to clamp the item worn on the body of an aircrew member between the mounting plate and the backing plate, and an open position in which the item worn on the body of an aircrew member is released.
A personal protection garment (110) configured to cover at least a part of a wearer ' s body in use, wherein the protection garment includes an inflatable chamber in region (119) configured to provide buoyancy to support the wearer' s body on water when inflated to protect the wearer from drowning.
A41D 13/018 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with shock-absorbing means inflatable automatically
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
A life preserver has one or more torso portions 3, 4 extending over the front of a wearer's torso in use; a neck portion extending behind the wearer's neck in use; a first inflatable bladder 80 configured to provide buoyancy primarily to the one or more torso portions when inflated; and a second inflatable bladder 60 configured to provide buoyancy to the neck portion when inflated; and inflation means 112-118 for controlling inflation of the first bladder and the second bladder such that the second bladder begins inflation after the first bladder.
A hook arrangement for connecting to a load-carrying garment, comprising a main body portion from which two hook portions extend at opposite sides thereof, the hook portions each defining a recess for engaging the load-carrying garment in use.
A life preserver (1) including an inflatable main body portion (3) having an aperture (5) for a wearer's neck, and first and second inflatable lobes (7, 9) extending from the main body portion which are configured to respectively occupy a position on the left and right hand side of the wearer's body when in use. The main body portion may be formed by corresponding front and rear layers of material that are connected around their outer peripheries and which each have an aperture for the wearer's neck, wherein the main body portion further comprises an additional layer of material that is connected to the front and rear layers of material around the apertures in the front and rear layers to form a surface that, upon inflation of the main body portion, encircles the wearer's neck. A panel (15) of material mounted on a front surface of the main body portion adjacent to, or partially overlying, the neck aperture may protect the wearer's airways from water splashes.
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
An inflatable tube assembly (10) includes an inflatable tubular bladder (11) formed of flexible material, and at least one sheet (13) comprising relatively less flexible material which is generally planar in a rest state and arranged along a surface of the bladder such that it conforms to a non-planar shape of the bladder when inflated.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
(Based on 44(e))(Based on Use in Commerce) Life-rafts; life jackets; life preservers for babies; marine evacuation systems comprised of marine evacuation slides and escape chutes; anti-g suits; life buoys; armoured life jackets; survival waistcoats for the prevention of drowning and for the carrying of survival and rescue equipment; floatation collars; water immersion protection garments, namely, waterproof survival suits for the prevention of drowning and hypothermia; survival suits; liquid cooling vests for safety and protection against thermal radiation; garments for protection against chemicals and nuclear radiation; garments for protection against radiation; fire retardant combat clothing, namely, clothing for protection against fire; head and neck restraint devices for protection against accidents, namely, protective head guards and protective neck guards; submarine escape suits and submarine escape jerkins; parachute oxygen systems comprised of aviation oxygen masks and oxygen regulators; hyperbaric oxygen chambers for non-medical purposes; life support systems for aircraft comprised of aircraft respiratory masks for the prevention of accident and injury and oxygen regulators; protective industrial respiratory masks for aircraft; wave energy converters for converting marine wave energy to electrical energy; insulated clothing jackets for protection against injury from the cold (Based on 44(e))(Based on Use in Commerce) Overalls; cold weather clothing, namely, coats, trousers, suits, hats, gloves; extreme weather clothing not for protection against accident or injury, namely, balaclavas, suits, coats, trousers, hats, gloves; winter clothes, namely, winter suits, winter coats, winter trousers, winter hats, winter boots and outdoor gloves; clothing jackets for the protection against the cold other than for protection against accident or injury; footwear; fire retardant combat clothing not for protection against accident or injury, namely, suits, trousers and jackets treated with fire and heat retardants (Based on 44(e))(Based on Use in Commerce) Repair or maintenance of life saving apparatus and equipment; servicing, modification and repair of life-rafts and fire extinguishers; servicing, modification and repair of marine evacuation systems including marine evacuation slides and chutes; servicing, modification and repair of breathing apparatus, except for artificial respiration, and compressors; installation of life rafts, marine escape equipment, fire extinguishers and breathing equipment
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Life-rafts; life jackets; life preservers for babies; marine evacuation systems comprised of marine evacuation slides and escape chutes; anti-g suits; life buoys; armoured life jackets; survival waistcoats for the prevention of drowning and for the carrying of survival and rescue equipment; floatation collars; water immersion protection garments, namely, waterproof survival suits for the prevention of drowning and hypothermia; survival suits; liquid cooling vests for safety and protection against thermal radiation; garments for protection against chemicals and nuclear radiation; garments for protection against radiation; fire retardant combat clothing, namely, clothing for protection against fire; head and neck restraint devices for protection against accidents, namely, protective head guards and protective neck guards; submarine escape suits and submarine escape jerkins; parachute oxygen systems comprised of aviation oxygen masks and oxygen regulators; hyperbaric oxygen chambers for non-medical purposes; life support systems for aircraft comprised of aircraft respiratory masks for the prevention of accident and injury and oxygen regulators; protective industrial respiratory masks for aircraft; wave energy converters for converting marine wave energy to electrical energy; insulated clothing jackets for protection against injury from the cold Overalls; cold weather clothing, namely, coats, trousers, suits, hats, gloves; extreme weather clothing not for protection against accident or injury, namely, balaclavas, suits, coats, trousers, hats, gloves; winter clothes, namely, winter suits, winter coats, winter trousers, winter hats, winter boots and outdoor gloves; clothing jackets for the protection against the cold other than for protection against accident or injury; footwear; fire retardant combat clothing not for protection against accident or injury, namely, suits, trousers and jackets treated with fire and heat retardants Repair or maintenance of life saving apparatus and equipment; servicing, modification and repair of life-rafts and fire extinguishers; servicing, modification and repair of marine evacuation systems including marine evacuation slides and chutes; servicing, modification and repair of breathing apparatus, except for artificial respiration, and compressors; installation of life rafts, marine escape equipment, fire extinguishers and breathing equipment
A coupler arrangement (50) connected to a compressed gas container (5) and an activation mechanism housing (20) of an inflation system for inflating the inflatable chamber of a personal survival system is disclosed. The coupler arrangement is configured to resist relative movement between the compressed gas container and the activation mechanism housing. The coupler arrangement may provide a visual indication if relative movement between the compressed gas container and the activation mechanism housing occurs. The coupler arrangement may comprise an engagement member (52) for mechanically engaging the activation mechanism housing to resist relative movement. The coupler arrangement may comprise an adhesive member (80) configured for attachment to the compressed gas container to resist relative movement. The coupler arrangement may comprise a deformable member (130) configured to be held within the housing and which includes an opening configured to receive and engage a connector region of the compressed gas container such that said engagement causes deformation of the deformable member.
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/18 - Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating device
B60C 29/00 - Arrangements of tyre-inflating valves to tyres or rimsAccessories for tyre-inflating valves, not otherwise provided for
A life preserver includes first and second buoyancy sections 3, 4 arranged such that, in use, the first and second buoyancy sections lie on opposite sides respectively of a wearer's chest, wherein said first and second buoyancy sections include respective inner facing regions that face one another above the wearer's chest, each of the facing regions having a chin support portion 11A, 11B and being configured to abut each other in use to form a chin support.
A life preserver (1) including an inflatable main body portion (3) having an aperture (5) for a wearer's neck, and first and second inflatable lobes (7, 9) extending from the main body portion which are configured to respectively occupy a position on the left and right hand side of the wearer's body when in use. The main body portion may be formed by corresponding front and rear layers of material that are connected around their outer peripheries and which each have an aperture for the wearer's neck, wherein the main body portion further comprises an additional layer of material that is connected to the front and rear layers of material around the apertures in the front and rear layers to form a surface that, upon inflation of the main body portion, encircles the wearer's neck. A panel (15) of material mounted on a front surface of the main body portion adjacent to, or partially overlying, the neck aperture may protect the wearer's airways from water splashes.
This invention relates to a survival craft comprising a hull (10) formed from inflatable members, an optional canopy support structure carried by the hull and formed from inflatable members, and an inflatable wall structure (11). The invention also relates to rigid pod (19) configured to carry a survival craft in a deflated state and be coupled to the hull when the craft is in an inflated state. The inflatable parts may be formed from drop thread material.
A slide fastener part includes a multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations (SOB), extending from a start position (A) to an end position (B), and a fastening element (35B) at respective ones of the locations (SOB), the slide fastener part being configured for attachment to and detachment from an oppositely positioned associated slide fastener part having a multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening elements (35A) by the movement of a sliding element (12), the attachment being by abutment of abutment portions of oppositely positioned ones of fastening elements (35A, 35B), wherein the first-mentioned multiplicity of sequentially arranged fastening element locations (30B) include a plurality of adjacent ones of the locations (30B)', between the start position (A) to the end position (B), that are modified so as to provide a region (40) between the start position and the end position at which the attached slide fastener parts are relatively easily separated. The slide fastener part carries a flexible strip (60A) that extends over the fastening locations (30B, 30B)' and is configured to abut a corresponding flexible strip (60A) of the oppositely positioned associated slide fastener part.
A44B 19/32 - Means for making slide fasteners gas- or watertight
A44B 19/38 - Means at the end of stringer by which the slider can be freed from one stringer, e.g. stringers can be completely separated from each other
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/22 - Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
An escape system comprises a slide for facilitating evacuation of from a structure to water, wherein the slide comprises at least one helical inflatable path. The or each helical inflatable path may be configured to extend generally vertically between the structure and the water. The slide may comprise a plurality of helical inflatable paths. The slide may comprise spacing means for controlling the pitch between helix turns of the or each of the helical inflatable paths. A bowsing arrangement for the slide is also disclosed.
B63C 9/22 - Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
B63B 27/14 - Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of ramps, gangways or outboard ladders
A62B 1/20 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of sliding-ropes, sliding-poles or chutes, e.g. hoses, pipes, sliding-grooves, sliding sheets
i). The superstructure provides the hull (10) with increased longitudinal rigidity that reduces the tendency of the hull (10) to bow longitudinally when the propulsion system (18, 19) is operating. The survival craft forms part of a marine escape system with the survival craft deflated and packed in a container including an inflation system for the survival craft. The system has a deployment system for amounting on a marine structure and carrying the container with the deployment system transferring the container from the structure to the water where the inflation system inflates the survival craft for access by persons.
A life preserver includes first and second buoyancy sections 3, 4 arranged such that, in use, the first and second buoyancy sections lie on opposite sides respectively of a wearer's chest, wherein said first and second buoyancy sections include respective inner facing regions that face one another above the wearer's chest, each of the facing regions having a chin support portion 11A, 11B and being configured to abut each other in use to form a chin support.
An escape system comprises a passage (1), a platform (3) and at least one craft (4), the platform (3) and the craft (4) being deployable from a structure (2) to water to facilitate evacuation of the structure via the passage. The passage is mounted to the platform such that the platform is urged towards the structure when deployed. The passage may be mounted to the platform such that movement of the passage relative to the platform is restricted in at least one direction. A plate (64) may support the passage, platform and/or craft during deployment, and/or stabilises the passage, platform and/or craft after deployment in the water.
B63C 9/22 - Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
A62B 1/20 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of sliding-ropes, sliding-poles or chutes, e.g. hoses, pipes, sliding-grooves, sliding sheets
A personal survival system for use in water includes an inflatable chamber (9) and in inflation system (31) operable to inflate the inflatable chamber (9), wherein the inflation system (31) is mounted separately from and remotely from the inflatable chamber (9). Also disclosed are: a survival system for use in water includes an inflatable chamber including an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer is separate from the outer layer; an inflation control system for use with an in-water survival system, the inflation control system comprises a selectively sealable chamber configured to contain water-triggered automatic inflation device of the survival system; and a personal survival system including an inflatable bladder and a moulded cover constructed from a flexible polymer.
B63C 9/18 - Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating device
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
A41D 13/00 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
B63C 9/08 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
A liferaft system comprises a container for storing a liferaft, and at least one sheet of material for fitting over an exterior surface of the liferaft container and configured to heat an interior volume of the liferaft container.
B63C 9/23 - Containers for inflatable life-saving equipment
H05B 3/34 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
A garment (1) includes at least one limb portion (5) for receiving a limb of a wearer, the limb portion having an outer sheet of material (17) and further including an inner liner (19) for receiving a body extremity of the wearer during donning of the garment, the liner being releasably attached to the outer sheet of material such that the liner detaches during donning of the garment.
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
An escape system comprises a slide for facilitating evacuation of from a structure to water, wherein the slide comprises at least one helical inflatable path. The or each helical inflatable path may be configured to extend generally vertically between the structure and the water. The slide may comprise a plurality of helical inflatable paths. The slide may comprise spacing means for controlling the pitch between helix turns of the or each of the helical inflatable paths. A bowsing arrangement for the slide is also disclosed.
An escape system comprises a passage (1), a platform (3) and at least one craft (4), the platform (3) and the craft (4) being deployable from a structure (2) to water to facilitate evacuation of the structure via the passage. The passage is mounted to the platform such that the platform is urged towards the structure when deployed. The passage may be mounted to the platform such that movement of the passage relative to the platform is restricted in at least one direction. A plate (64) may support the passage, platform and/or craft during deployment, and/or stabilises the passage, platform and/or craft after deployment in the water.
B63C 9/22 - Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
A62B 1/20 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of sliding-ropes, sliding-poles or chutes, e.g. hoses, pipes, sliding-grooves, sliding sheets
An inflatable lifejacket (21) includes a trunk portion (23) for overlying a wearer's torso at the front. The trunk portion (23) may be configured to further overlie the wearer's torso at the sides. The trunk portion (23) may be substantially U-shaped. The trunk portion (23) may be configured to substantially increase in volume upon inflation by application of a fluid. A neck portion (25) for supporting a wearer's neck may be configured to substantially increase in volume upon inflation by application of the fluid. The trunk portion and the neck portion may be connected by at least one connecting portion (27) for overlying a wearer' s shoulder and arranged to allow passage of the fluid therethrough and configured to substantially maintain its volume upon application of the fluid.
A personal survival system for use in water includes an inflatable chamber (9) and in inflation system (31) operable to inflate the inflatable chamber (9), wherein the inflation system (31) is mounted separately from and remotely from the inflatable chamber (9). Also disclosed are: a survival system for use in water includes an inflatable chamber including an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer is separate from the outer layer; an inflation control system for use with an in-water survival system, the inflation control system comprises a selectively sealable chamber configured to contain water-triggered automatic inflation device of the survival system; and a personal survival system including an inflatable bladder and a moulded cover constructed from a flexible polymer.
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
A liferaft system comprises a container (10) for storing a liferaft (11), and at least one sheet of material (36, 42, 44) for fitting over an exterior surface of the liferaft container and configured to heat an interior volume of the liferaft container.
A liferaft system comprises a container (10) for storing a liferaft (11), and at least one sheet of material (36, 42, 44) for fitting over an exterior surface of the liferaft container and configured to heat an interior volume of the liferaft container.
A waterproof garment connector arrangement attaches a distal garment part (e.g. a glove) to a main body of a garment. The connector arrangement includes a first part 11 having a first outward facing recess 23 and an inward facing protrusion 25; and a second part 13 having an outer engagement member 33 for being received in the first outward facing recess and in inner engagement member for engaging the protrusion. The outer engagement member 33 includes a second outward facing recess 35 at least partially accommodated in the first outward facing recess. An annular member 15 is fitted into the second outward facing recess, so that the annular member urges the outer engagement member against a wall of the first outward facing recess to secure the first part to the second part.
An inflatable evacuation slide (1) for evacuating people from a first structure (3) to a second structure (1) is disclosed. The slide comprises: at least three longitudinal beams, including two lateral lower beams (11) and an upper beam (9), spaced apart transversally over their length and substantially parallel to each other in the inflated state, each beam comprising at least one inflatable longitudinal tube (15A-C); and a plurality of inflatable lateral panels (21a/b) connected to said upper beam and to said lateral lower beams. The inflatable longitudinal tubes may comprise a braid tube. The inflatable lateral panels may comprise drop stitch material. Each of the inflatable longitudinal tubes may include at least one end plate for closing an end of the tube.
An inflatable lifejacket (1) including a chamber (3) having a main portion (28) and a head lifting portion (27), wherein the head lifting portion has a lower elastic modulus than the main portion. In the embodiment: the chamber has a front side (17) and a back, water-facing, side (19), the head lifting portion being located in the back side, with the front side supporting a wearer's head; the main portion is substantially inextensible and/or substantially inelastic; and at least one inflatable bladder (41,43) is located inside the chamber.
This invention relates to a survival craft comprising a hull (10) formed from inflatable members, an optional canopy support structure carried by the hull and formed from inflatable members, and an inflatable wall structure (11). The invention also relates to rigid pod (19) configured to carry a survival craft in a deflated state and be coupled to the hull when the craft is in an inflated state. The inflatable parts may be formed from drop thread material.
i). The superstructure provides the hull (10) with increased longitudinal rigidity that reduces the tendency of the hull (10) to bow longitudinally when the propulsion system (18, 19) is operating. The survival craft forms part of a marine escape system with the survival craft deflated and packed in a container including an inflation system for the survival craft. The system has a deployment system for mounting on a marine structure and carrying the container with the deployment system transferring the container from the structure to the water where the inflation system inflates the survival craft for access by persons.
A lifejacket comprises an inflatable chamber (10, 11, 12) for extending around a neck and across a chest of a wearer (27) and an inflatable hood (13) carried by the chamber (10, 11, 12). The hood (13) surrounds a head of the wearer (27). The hood (13) may carry a transparent spray cover (29) that can be pulled over the face of a wearer (27).
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
A lifejacket comprises an inflatable chamber (10, 11, 12) for extending around a neck and across a chest of a wearer (27) and an inflatable hood (13) carried by the chamber (10, 11, 12). The hood (13) surrounds a head of the wearer (27). The hood (13) may carry a transparent spray cover (29) that can be pulled over the face of a wearer (27).
B63C 9/125 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like covering the torso, e.g. harnesses having gas-filled compartments
B63C 9/15 - Life-buoys, e.g. ringsLife-belts, jackets, suits, or the like attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist having gas-filled compartments
A survival garment (10) for use in water comprises a body portion (13) for surrounding a torso of a wearer (23) and arm (11) and leg portions (12) for receiving the arms legs of a wearer (23). The body portion (13) includes a back portion for covering a back of a wearer (23). An inner layer of material (19a, 19b) is provided between the back portion and the body of a wearer (23) and the inner layer of material (19a, 19b) spaces the body from the back portion by a layer of air. The inner layer (19a, 19b) has sufficient resistance to deformation to maintain said air layer under hydrostatic pressure when the wearer (23) is floating on the wearer's back in water
A41D 13/002 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment
A41D 13/012 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
B63C 9/105 - Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body having gas-filled compartments
A survival craft comprises a hull (10) formed from inflatable members (12, 13) and mounting a powered propulsion system (18, 19) for the survival craft. A superstructure (11) is mounted on the hull and formed from inflatable members (25, 26, 29a - 29i) and a flexible roof (28) supported by the inflatable members (25, 26, 29a - 29i). The superstructure provides the hull (10) with increased longitudinal rigidity that reduces the tendency of the hull (10) to bow longitudinally when the propulsion system (18, 19) is operating. The survival craft forms part of a marine escape system with the survival craft deflated and packed in a container including an inflation system for the survival craft. The system has a deployment system for mounting on a marine structure and carrying the container with the deployment system transferring the container from the structure to the water where the inflation system inflates the survival craft for access by persons.
A marine escape system for evacuating a marine structure (44) comprises a chute (11), a buoyant non-inflatable platform (12) and at least one inflatable life raft (13). These parts are deployable from a packed disposition on the structure (44) to a disposition in which the chute (11) leads from the structure (44) to the platform (12) floating on the water and the platform (12) leads to the inflated life raft (13) so providing a passage for people from the structure (44) to the life raft. In an alternative embodiment, the platform (12) may be either inflatable or non-inflatable and be formed by inner and outer parts (18, 19) that are relatively rotatable to allow, on deployment, the life raft (13) to swing relative to the chute (11).
B63B 27/14 - Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of ramps, gangways or outboard ladders
A62B 1/20 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of sliding-ropes, sliding-poles or chutes, e.g. hoses, pipes, sliding-grooves, sliding sheets
B63C 9/22 - Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
18 - Leather and imitations of leather
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
Goods & Services
(1) Flotation bags for attachment in boats to prevent sinking and capsizing, flotation aids for recreational use, flotation vests, personal flotation aids, life jackets, throw bags containing coils of rope, tow lines, safety helmets for use in canoeing, paddle leash, cowtails, namely, rope especially adapted for towing kayaks, kayaking helmets, parts for the foregoing.
(2) Flotation aids for canoes.
(3) Straps for use on life jackets, tie down straps for use with canoes and kayaks, chin straps for athletic use, all for use in the marine industry and canoeing and none of the aforesaid goods being for use with motorcycles.
(4) Active wear for canoeing, canoeing gloves and wet suit all for use in the marine industry, not including articles of clothing for motorcyclists or any goods similar to articles of clothing for motorcyclists.
(5) Water barrier skirts for attachment to kayaks.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
18 - Leather and imitations of leather
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
Goods & Services
(1) Flotation bags for attachment in boats to prevent sinking and capsizing, flotation aids for recreational use, flotation vests, personal flotation aids, life jackets, throw bags containing coils of rope, tow lines, safety helmets for use in canoeing, paddle leash, cowtails, namely, rope especially adapted for towing kayaks, kayaking helmets, parts for the foregoing.
(2) Flotation aids for canoes.
(3) Straps for use on life jackets, tie down straps for use with canoes and kayaks, chin straps for athletic use, all for use in the marine industry and canoeing and none of the aforesaid goods being for use with motorcycles.
(4) Active wear for canoeing, canoeing gloves and wet suit all for use in the marine industry, not including articles of clothing for motorcyclists or any goods similar to articles of clothing for motorcyclists.
(5) Water barrier skirts for attachment to kayaks.
An aircrew ensemble comprising a garment (20, 21) for covering at least a part of a body of a wearer and an inflatable counter-pressure bladder (33, 41), carried by the garment (20, 21). The inflatable counter-pressure bladder (33, 41) is formed from a moisture permeable material allowing the passage therethrough of perspiration from the wearer's body.
An aircrew ensemble comprises a garment (32, 40) for covering at least a part of a body of a wearer and an inflatable counter-pressure bladder (33, 41, 56) carried by the garment (32, 40). The bladder (33, 41, 56) is held to the garment (32, 40) by a releasable fastening (57) such as press studs or touch/close fasteners or zippers or other mechanical means.
An aircrew flight suit is formed by separate upper and lower suit portions (20, 21) that meet at the waist. The portions (20, 21) can be connected together at the waist by, for example, a zip (39) to form a unitary suit. This allows different sizes of upper and lower portions (20, 21) to be mixed and matched.
A method of countering the effects of G-forces on a person comprises passing inflation gas to a bladder (41, 40) around a leg of the person by starting the inflation of the bladder (41, 49) to an operating pressure from a point (62a, 62d) adjacent an ankle of the leg as well as from a point (62b, 62c, 62e, 62f) spaced from said ankle towards the abdomen of the wearer. The inflation then progresses away from the ankle at the same time as the upper part of the bladder is being inflated. When the bladder (41, 49) is inflated to the operating pressure, the blood vessels of the leg are constricted.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
19 - Non-metallic building materials
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
LIFE RAFTS; LIFE JACKETS; LIFE PRESERVERS FOR BABIES; MARINE EVACUATION SYSTEMS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF INFLATABLE LIFE RAFTS AND ESCAPE CHUTES; ANTI-G SUITS; LIFE PRESERVERS; ARMORED LIFE PRESERVERS; SURVIVAL WAISTCOATS FOR THE PREVENTION OF DROWNING; FLOATATION COLLARS; WATER IMMERSION SURVIVAL SUITS, NAMELY, INSULATED OVERALL WETSUITS AND DRY SUITS; LIQUID COOLING VESTS TO PREVENT INJURY DUE TO OVERHEATING; CHEMICAL, NUCLEAR AND RADIATION PROTECTIVE GARMENTS, NAMELY, SURVIVAL SUITS; FIRE RETARDANT COMBAT JACKETS AND PANTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE; [ SAFETY NECK AND HEAD RESTRAINTS, OTHER THAN FOR VEHICLE SEATS; ] SELF-RESCUE, PARACHUTE OXYGEN BREATHING UNITS; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CHAMBERS FOR NON-MEDICAL PURPOSES; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT, NAMELY, OXYGEN BREATHING UNITS: [ WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS FOR CONVERTING MARINE WAVE ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY ] [ NON-METAL BUILDING MATERIALS, NAMELY, FASCINES; NON-METAL SHELTER STRUCTURES ] OVERALLS; WATER IMMERSION WET SUITS; FIRE RETARDANT COMBAT JACKETS AND PANTS IN THE NATURE OF FATIGUES; COLD/EXTREME WEATHER CLOTHING, NAMELY, JACKETS, TOPS AND BOTTOMS SERVICING, MODIFICATION AND REPAIR OF LIFE RAFTS, MARINE ESCAPE EQUIPMENT, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT AND COMPRESSORS; INSTALLATION OF LIFE RAFTS, MARINE ESCAPE EQUIPMENT, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND BREATHING EQUIPMENT
An attachment system principally use on garment (10, 30) provides a number of aligned loops (15) on the garment and a number of aligned loops (24) on a load such as an equipment pack (17). The load also includes an elongate securing member that extends from the load with a flexible proximal portion (26) and a stiffened distal portion (27). The stiffened distal portion (27) can be very readily threaded through successive ensemble loops (15) and load loops (24) to pull the flexible proximal portion (26) through the loops (15, 24) to attach the load (17) to the garment (10, 30). The stiffened distal portion (27) is then fed back through the loops (15, 24) to provide a geometric lock that prevents the load (17, 18) detaching from the garment (10, 30). Various loads can be attached in this way.
A compression chamber is formed by two end walls (10) and a flexible tubular member (11) extending between the end walls (10). The flexible tubular member (11) is formed from an inner tube (12) of air impermeable material and an outer tube (13) of a braided material. The inner tube (12) is unstressed when the chamber is filled with oxygen or air and the outer tube (13) bears the pressure load.
A61G 10/02 - Treatment rooms for medical purposes with artificial climateTreatment rooms for medical purposes with means to maintain a desired pressure, e.g. for germ-free rooms
An inflatable tube (10) in a fascine is provided with a cover (11) of a braided material to provide significant strength. An outer cover (12) of KEVLAR™ may also be provided. The braided cover (11) and the inflatable tube (10) are held at the ends of the tube by a clamping mechanism (17, 18, 19) and a cylinder (40) of inflation gas is supported within the tube (10), when the tube (10) is inflated.
A submarine escape suit assembly comprises a submarine escape suit (10) and a liferaft pack (11). The pack (11) is formed by an outer casing (20) that can be pulled open to access a sealed inner casing (21) containing a liferaft. A cord (27) on the inner pack (11) is pulled to commence inflation of the liferaft (10).
A submarine escape suit is made longitudinally adjustable by elastic adjustment members (20a, 20b) that extend along the sides of the suit between the ankle region and the arms of the suit. This provides a long adjustment length which allows a wide range of wearer heights to be accommodated. The members (20a, 20b) are encased in non-snag covers (29). A central adjustment strap (21) is also provided and is also partially encased in a non-snag cover (35).
A conditioning garment has an array of tubes (11) for passing heated/cooled fluid to heat/cool a wearer of the garment. The array of tubes (11) terminate at a connector (16) for connection to a source of heated/cooled liquid. The connector (16) comprises a male part (15) and a female part (17) with a releasable latch (22, 34, 40) acting between the male and female parts (15, 17) to hold the male part (15) in engagement with the female part (17). The releasable latch includes a release member (40) moveable in a rectilinear path away from the connector (16) to release the latch and allow separation of the male part (15) from the female part (17). The male and female parts (15, 17) are self-sealing on disengagement. This allows for automatic separation of the male and female parts (15, 17) in an emergency.
A41D 13/005 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature
A62B 17/00 - Protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes
The submarine escape suit has a hood (14) covering the head of a wearer during ascent from a submarine. In order to allow the wearer to expose his/her face, the hood (14) is provided with a portion (21) overlying the face of a wearer that is releasable from the remainder of the hood (14). The releasable portion (21) may be reattachable.
A submarine escape suit includes an ascent stole (22) for assisting a wearer to ascent to the surface from a submarine. The suit also includes a life preserver stole (26) that can be inflated on reaching the surface, to provide the suit with additional surface buoyancy. The life preserver stole (26) can also be inflated underwater to provide the suit with additional ascent buoyancy, if required.
