Waterproof sheet for aircraft cargo chamber

• US 3,964,223 A
• Filed: 06/13/1975
• Issued: 06/22/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Takashi, Takeda, Harumi, Naito, Tadashi, Saita, Katuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Purser, Ernest R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Braun, Leslie A.
• Application Number:
  US05/586,777
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 52/273, 52/179, 52/506, 52/509, 52/510, 52/511, 52/512, 52/3, 52/246, 244/118 R, 105/423
• US Class Current: 52/273
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/20 specially adapted for freight

Abstract

A waterproof sheet for a cargo chamber of an aircraft comprising a base sheet adapted to lie on the floor of the cargo chamber and having notched portions at positions corresponding to the doors of the cargo chamber; door sill flaps provided to the base sheet around the notched portions and adapted to be folded up and down at the time of opening and closing of the cargo chamber door; door sill protectors provided to the base sheet at the notched portions for protecting the door sill flaps; side sheets provided at the longitudinal sides of the base sheet and having tape fasteners for securing the side sheets to the wall of the cargo chamber, and end sheets provided at both longitudinal ends of the base sheet and the side sheets, the end sheets having tape fasteners for tucking them when the base and side sheets are properly positioned in the cargo chamber.

Claims

1. A waterproof sheet for cargo chambers of aircraft comprising a base sheet adapted to lie on the floor of said chamber and having notched portions at positions corresponding to the doors of said chamber;

door sill flaps provided to said base sheet around said notched portions and adapted to be folded up and down at the time of opening and closing of said door;

door sill protectors provided to said base sheet at said notched portions for protecting said door sill flaps;

side sheets provided at the longitudinal sides of said base sheet and having tape fasteners for securing said base sheet to the wall of said chamber; and

end sheets provided at the longitudinal ends of said base sheet and said side sheets and having tape fasteners for tucking the end sheets when said base sheet and side sheets are positioned properly in said chamber.

2. The waterproof sheet of claim 1, wherein said base sheet and said door sill protectors are a wear-resistant, impact-resistant, water-and fire proof flexible material.

3. The waterproof sheet of claim 2, wherein said base sheet and said door sill protectors are made of a urethane rubber.

4. The waterproof sheet of claim 1, wherein said door flaps, said side sheet and said end sheets are a flexible material.

5. The waterproof sheet of claim 4, wherein said door flaps, said side sheet and said end sheets are made of polyvinyl chloride.

6. The waterproof sheet of claim 1, including straps attached to said door sill flaps to fold up said door sill flaps at the time of closing of said door.

7. The waterproof sheet of claim 1, wherein the portion of said door sill protectors corresponding to said door sill flaps comprises a plurality of parallel belts.