Packing sack for a life jacket and its easy access storage, especially in an aircraft
First Claim
1. A packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, comprising a substantially hose shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly.
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Abstract
A packing sack or bag for holding a life jacket, providing an easy access thereto, preferably in an aircraft, has the shape of a hose with an open end (6) and a closed end (7). The closed end (7) forms a tab (8) to receive at least one securing element (9). A rip cord (14) fixed at one point (17) situated approximately at the middle of the length of the bag (2, 3, 4) and surrounding the extremity of the folded life jacket (16) turned to the side of the open end (6) of the bag (2, 3, 4), extends along the inner surface of the bag (2, 3, 4) and comes out through its open end (6). The bag may be directly suspended from a wall or a ceiling or may be placed into a container (1). The main advantage of such a packing sack is that the required manipulation to grab the life jacket (16) may be easily executed by a single hand.
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- 1. A packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, comprising a substantially hose shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly.
- 8. A combination of a container and at least one packing sack for a life jacket and for an easy access storage of said life jacket, in a craft, such as an aircraft, wherein said packing sack comprises a substantially hose-shaped construction forming said packing sack with an open end (6, 32) and a closed end (7), said closed end (7) having a tab (8, 30) for receiving at least one securing element, a rip cord (14, 28) on the inside of said packing sack, said rip cord being secured to said packing sack, at a location intermediate the ends of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord leading from said location around that jacket end of a folded life jacket (16, 26) which faces away from said open end (6, 32) of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25), said rip cord further passing along the inner surface of the packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) out through said open end (6, 32), and wherein said packing sack has such an inner dimension that a life jacket (16, 26) is safely held by friction inside said packing sack in a vertical position of said packing sack (2, 3, 4, 25) hanging with its open end (6, 32) downwardly, and wherein said container encloses a space for holding said packing sack, said container further comprising at least one downwardly tiltable flap (5) for opening said container, and securing means for attaching said closed end (7) of said packing sack to said container, and means for holding said open end of said packing sack in a stored position in said container.
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