Inflatable Slide Structure Operates As A Raft
An aircraft life raft escape slide assembly for evacuating passengers from an aircraft
and thereafter for providing a floating support when the evacuation is over water. Such assembly has an inflatable water slide structure releasably connected to an inflatable boarding slide structure to define an integral unit but each structure being independently inflatable. The slide structure is inflated and deployed to operate as a slide and upon release of the inflatable slide structure from the aircraft and upon deployment of the boarding slide as a chute or slide, the inflatable slide structure operates as a raft.Choosing an inflatable water slide can make a birthday party or backyard celebration a smash hit with partygoers--young and not so young. With a little planning and attention to who will be slipping down the slide, making the right choice for your party is simple.
Consider the age of the people who will be using the slide. A front walkup water slide is recommended for children ages 2-7. Older children can use slides with a rear walkup.
This invention relates in general to an aircraft escape slide raft apparatus and more particularly to an inflatable slide manufacturer raft assembly that can be used both as a slide for land evacuation of passengers and can also be used as a slide raft for water evacuation of passengers.
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In the event an aircraft lands under emergency conditions on land or sea as forced landings or "ditched" at sea, escape apparatus must be provided so that the passenger and crew evacuation can be done safely in as quick a time as possible. The present invention is directed to a new and novel slide raft assembly that facilitates its quick deployment and use as either an escape slide on land where there is a considerable height requirement as from an aircraft that has more than one passenger deck or where such type of aircraft is ditched in water. In the last condition of use where the slide raft assembly is deployed from the upper deck, the slide raft cannot be loaded over its entire length because a portion of it is so high off the water and must be used as a slide which means a portion of its length cannot be used as raft capacity. This condition would result in the need to carry supplemental rafts to make up for the difference in capacity. The present invention solves this problem in this condition of deployment by providing an integral boarding slide that permits release of the entire slide raft for use as a raft and of itself permits the rapid evacuation from the airplane onto the entire length of the raft.
Measure the party space and look for level ground. Larger slides can require as much as 20 by 45 feet.
Plan the water slide location near an outdoor faucet and hose as well as an electrical outlet. Some inflatable slide manufacturers bring their own generators to inflate slides.
Pick a theme for the party and look for a water slide that will enhance it. For example, a luau party would be great for a tropical water slide that has palm trees on it.
An aircraft life raft escape slide assembly for use in evacuating passengers and crew members from an aircraft over land or water, wherein such assembly has interconnected a first inflatable tubular structure and a second independently inflatable tubular structure. The first and second structures each have a head end and a toe end, with the respective head ends releasably connected to the aircraft adjacent to an egress door on such aircraft. The head end of the first inflatable tubular structure is releasably connected to the toe end of the second inflatable tubular structure. The first inflatable tubular structure and the second inflatable tubular structure each have independent inflation means so that the first inflatable structure can be inflated to define an evacuation slide or said first and second inflatable structures can both be inflated to present such first inflatable water slide as a raft and said second inflatable tubular structure as a slide to evacuate passengers onto said deployed raft.
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by: wenjun