Catastrophic event responsive travel case with flotation and alerting
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1. A travel case comprising:
- a case body defining an interior cavity in which to carry articles and an exterior shell, having a mass and volume when fully loaded with articles suitable for an individual to carry;
an inflatable floatation aid fixed to the exterior shell;
an inflator in communication with the inflatable floatation aid, constructed and arranged to automatically without user intervention inflate the inflatable floatation aid with buoyancy-producing material; and
a locator beacon fixed to the exterior shell, including a communications transmitter capable of signaling a remote party and a geo-locating apparatus;
sensors sensitive to plural environmental parameters of the travel case;
wherein the locator beacon and the inflator operate automatically responsive to plural sensor inputs which combined are indicative of a catastrophic event.
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Abstract
A travel case includes a case body defining an interior cavity in which to carry articles and an exterior shell; an inflatable floatation aid fixed to the exterior shell; an inflator in communication with the inflatable floatation aid, for inflation of the inflatable floatation aid; and a locator beacon fixed to the exterior shell, including a communications transmitter capable of signaling a remote party and a geo-locating apparatus.
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27 Claims
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1. A travel case comprising:
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a case body defining an interior cavity in which to carry articles and an exterior shell, having a mass and volume when fully loaded with articles suitable for an individual to carry; an inflatable floatation aid fixed to the exterior shell; an inflator in communication with the inflatable floatation aid, constructed and arranged to automatically without user intervention inflate the inflatable floatation aid with buoyancy-producing material; and a locator beacon fixed to the exterior shell, including a communications transmitter capable of signaling a remote party and a geo-locating apparatus; sensors sensitive to plural environmental parameters of the travel case; wherein the locator beacon and the inflator operate automatically responsive to plural sensor inputs which combined are indicative of a catastrophic event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of deploying safety, tracking, or recovery apparatus from a vehicle transporting articles desired to be moved from a source location to a destination location, comprising:
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providing a travel case in which articles desired to be moved are carried; integrating safety, tracking, or recovery apparatus with the travel case; detecting a catastrophic event occurring to the vehicle using the integrated apparatus, without user intervention, the catastrophic event defined by plural environmental parameters; and deploying the safety, tracking, or recovery apparatus from the travel case upon detecting the catastrophic event using the integrated apparatus, without user intervention, and using the plural environmental parameters. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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