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Apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller and flight controller for a parachute

  • US 9,315,273 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2010
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute, the apparatus comprising a bearing member, a load-bearing coupling connected to the bearing member, the load-bearing coupling including a connector for connecting the load-bearing coupling to a parachute flight controller, wherein the coupling includes a load-bearing connector for connecting a payload thereto, and the bearing member is adapted to enable movement, controlled by said parachute flight controller, of said bearing member along a support member for supporting said bearing member and connected between first and second suspension lines of a parachute, wherein the support member is one of an elongated flexible web, cable, line or rope and comprises a first end connected to a first suspension line and a second end connected to a second suspension line or the support member is part of the first and second suspension lines of the parachute.

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