Life vest device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11453500-B2
Application number	US-201916598084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2019
Priority date	Oct 10, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A life vest device, for a fixation on one or more aircraft seats, with a life vest unit, which is embodied as a lift vest with a packaging unit for a sealed accommodation of the life vest unit and with an opening unit for an opening of the packaging unit, which features one or more pull straps. The opening unit is functionally connected with the life vest unit and the packaging unit comprises one or more fixation units for a fixation on an aircraft seat. For a retrieval of the life vest unit from the packaging unit, the opening unit is connected in a tear-proof manner with the life vest unit. The pull strap and the life vest are embodied integrally with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A life vest device for a fixation on at least one aircraft seat, with a life vest unit, which is embodied as a life vest with a packaging unit for a sealed accommodation of the life vest unit and with an opening unit for an opening of the packaging unit, which features at least one pull strap, wherein the opening unit is functionally connected with the life vest unit and the packaging unit comprises at least one fixation unit for a fixation on an aircraft seat,
wherein for a retrieval of the life vest unit from the packaging unit, the opening unit is connected in an at least substantially tear-proof manner with the life vest unit, wherein the pull strap and the life vest are embodied integrally with each other.

2. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening unit is actuatable for a retrieval of the life vest unit from the packaging unit at least substantially simultaneously with the opening of the packaging unit.

3. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein a connection of the opening unit with the life vest unit has a higher tensile-strength value than a connection of the opening unit with the packaging unit.

4. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening unit is configured to seal the packaging unit in an at least section-wise manner in a non-actuated state.

5. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a non-actuated state, for the purpose of establishing a connection to the life vest unit, the opening unit extends in an at least section-wise manner in an inner space of the packaging unit.

6. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening unit is embodied as at least one opening tab that is, in an at least section-wise manner, connected with the packaging unit and with the life vest unit by being welded on the packaging unit and with the life vest unit.

7. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening unit is configured, upon actuation, to irreversibly destroy a sealing of the packaging unit.

8. The life vest device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one marking unit, which is configured to indicate an opened state of the packaging unit.

9. The life vest device according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one marking unit is configured at least partially as a tear-off section of the packaging unit, wherein the opening unit is configured, subsequent to actuation, to separate the tear-off section from a remaining portion of the packaging unit to indicate an opened state of the packaging unit.

10. The life vest device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fixation unit comprises at least one fixation element that is welded on the packaging unit, and is configured for a stationary fixation of the packaging unit, on the at least one aircraft seat.

11. The life vest device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one monitoring device, which is at least configured to capture a change of at least one characteristic by at least one electric and/or electronic signal.

12. The life vest device according to claim 1 , the life vest is an inflatable life jacket.

13. A system with at least one life vest device according to claim 1 and with at least one aircraft seat, wherein the at Ic\ost onc life vest device is fixable and/or fixated on the at least one aircraft seat in a stationary manner.

14. A method for production of a life vest device according to claim 1 , comprising:
connecting the life vest unit with the opening unit,
inserting the life vest unit into the packaging unit which is opened, and
arranging the opening unit on the packaging unit, and connecting an opening strip of the opening unit to the packaging unit by being welded, glued, or stitched on the packaging unit.

15. A life vest device for a fixation on at least one aircraft seat, with a life vest unit, which is embodied as a life vest with a packaging unit for a sealed accommodation of the life vest unit and with an opening unit for an opening of the packaging unit, which features at least one pull strap, wherein the opening unit is functionally connected with the life vest unit and the packaging unit comprises at least one fixation unit for a fixation on an aircraft seat,
wherein the opening unit is at least partially embodied as an opening tab that is, in an at least section-wise manner, connected with the packaging unit and with the life vest unit by being welded on the packaging unit and with the life vest unit,
wherein the packaging unit features a packaging element, the opening unit features opening strips, the opening strips are configured to at least partially overlap the packaging element, in a non-actuated state the opening strips are arranged on an outer surface of the packaging element, and the opening strips are connected with the at least one pull strap.

16. The life vest device according to claim 15 , wherein the opening strips are configured for section-wise ripping the packaging element open along two elongate sections.

17. The life vest device according to claim 15 , wherein the opening strips are arranged mirror-symmetrically to each other in relation to the pull strap.

18. The life vest device according to claim 15 , wherein in the non-actuated state the opening strips and the at least one pull strap are connected by a substance-to-substance bond.

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Roderwald Martin
• Jung Daniel
• Streckert Michael
• Schuler Thomas
• Steinmeyer Klaus

Classifications

• B64D11/0631 Primary

  for life vests · CPC title

• B63C9/08

  Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like ({non-sinkable swimsuits, drawers or trunks A41D7/001} ; equipment for swimming A63B, e.g. swimming aids {other than life-buoys or life-belts} A63B31/00, {teaching frames for swimming, swimming boards A63B69/14}) · CPC title

• B63C9/23

  Containers for inflatable life-saving equipment · CPC title