B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
114/40
B63B 23/28 (2006.01) B63B 7/08 (2006.01) B63C 9/02 (2006.01) B63C 9/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1191743
ABSTRACT MARINE ESCAPE SYSTEMS. An inflatable marine escape unit (17,18) for use by evacuees disembarking from a vessel (11) includes an inflatable liferaft (22) and an inflatable slide (25) arranged to be discharged together in collapsed conditions from the vessel (11) for deployment on the water with the inflated liferaft (22) floating on the water and the inflated slide (25) connected at one end to the liferaft and extending therefrom. The slide (25) comprises a main body portion (26,27) and a head portion (34) located at a boarding end of the slide remote from the liferaft. The head portion (34) includes a first inflatable element (35,53) for attachment to the vessel and a second inflatable element (42,55) attached to the main body portion (26,27) of the slide and arranged for pivotal movement relative to the first inflatable element (35,53) about a vertical or generally vertical pivotal axis so that the liferaft (22) and the main body portion (26,27) of the slide (25) can turn about the pivotal axis and take up any one of a plurality of floating dispositions relative to the vessel (11).
402920
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Rfd Inflatables Limited
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