Device for fastening emergency equipment to a ship's deck

• US 20050155194A1
• Filed: 04/22/2003
• Published: 07/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ernström Technology AB
• Original Assignee: C M Hammar Utveckling AB
• Inventors: Christiansson, Tor
• Granted Patent: US 7,302,739 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 24/326
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 9/22 Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment equipment for handling life-boats or the like B63B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3427 Clasp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/39 Cord and rope holders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3969 Sliding part or wedge

Abstract

A device is for fastening emergency equipment to a ship'"'"'s deck or to a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck. The device includes a first and a second fastening facility for, respectively, a first external and a second external fastening device having, respectively, a first and a second tensile strength. The device further includes a third fastening facility for a third external fastening device having a third tensile strength. When the device is in operation, the second and the third fastening facility are mutually connected both by a connecting device incorporated in the device and by the first external fastening device. The connecting device incorporated in the device absorbs load between the second and the third fastening facility if the first external fastening device stops working.

Claims

1. Device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a first and a second fastening facility for second and third external fasteners;

a third fastening facility for external fasteners, wherein the first and second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the device;

a connector extending around said first and second fastening facilities, said connector thereby also mutually connecting said second and third fasteners which utilize said first and second fastening facilities.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the third fastening facility is constituted by a groove in the device, which groove extends around at least part of said first and second fastening facilities.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by a first and a second opening respectively in the device, said openings being separate from one another in the device.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said connector includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facility.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an opening, with the sleeve being attached to the device in operation in such a manner that the opening in the sleeve at least in part coincides with the first fastening facility.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the sleeve is arranged to be attached to the device via snap-attaching.

8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by a first and a second opening respectively in the device, said openings being separate from one another in the device.

9. The device according to claim 2, wherein said connector includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facility.

10. The device according to claim 3, wherein said connector includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facility.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

13. The device of claim 2, further comprising a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an opening, with the sleeve being attached to the device in operation in such a manner that the opening in the sleeve at least in part coincides with the first fastening facility.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the sleeve is arranged to be attached to the device via snap-attaching.

15. Device for fastening emergency equipment to at least one of a ship'"'"'s deck and a structure on a ship'"'"'s deck, comprising:

a first and a second fastening facility for second and third external means for fastening;

a third fastening facility for external means for fastening, wherein the first and second fastening facilities are constituted by at least one opening in the device;

connecting means, extending around said first and second fastening facilities, for mutually connecting said second and third fasteners which utilize said first and second fastening facilities.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the third fastening facility is constituted by a groove in the device, which groove extends around at least part of said first and second fastening facilities.

17. The device according to claim 15, wherein the first and the second fastening facilities are constituted by a first and a second opening respectively in the device, said openings being separate from one another in the device.

18. The device according to claim 15, wherein said connecting means includes a loop of a material extending around the second and the third fastening facility.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein said loop is integrated internally in the device.

20. The device of claim 15, further comprising a sleeve, said sleeve comprising an opening, with the sleeve being attached to the device in operation in such a manner that the opening in the sleeve at least in part coincides with the first fastening facility.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the sleeve is arranged to be attached to the device via snap-attaching.