Switlik Parachute Company, Inc.

Harold J Moran

Stanley Switlik

Richard Switlik, Jr

Gustavo Fanjul

Gregory Switlik

A rescue transportation device having an inflatable support member with a generally horizontally extending main section and an inclined section adjacent to one end of the main section extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom. A cover is adapted to extend about the inflatable support member and is capable of placement on and off the inflatable support member by way of a slot means defined therein to facilitate fitting. A wide open mesh head restraint device is selectively attachable with respect to the cover to receive a user's head and hold it fixedly with respect to the main support member. A lower body restraint device is also attachable with respect to the cover and is adapted to receive and selectively hold the user's lower body with respect to the inflatable support member. Two restraint attachment devices are fixedly secured to the cover and are adapted to receive the head restraint or the lower body adjacent to the inclined section and in the other orientation the head of the user will be at the opposite end of the inflated support member from the inclined section thereof. Towing securement means may be defined on the cover adjacent the inclined section or adjacent the opposite section thereof. An inflating device such as a gas cannister or other mechanical device such as a pump may be attached with respect to the cover to facilitate inflation of the support member in the field. The cover member may be of two or three additional thicknesses along the bottom section thereof to prevent damage to the support member during dragging thereof. The head restraint preferably includes two inflatable cushions spatially disposed with respect to one another to receive a user's head therebetween. This distance can be varied in order to compensate for various sizes in the head of a user or for a helmeted head where removal of the helmet might further aggravate the injuries of the user. Furthermore, the head retaining means includes a wide netting being laterally securable between the inflatable cushions to facilitate fixed securement of the head of the user with respect to the inflatable member.

Rescue transportation device

An inflatable life preserver of the encapsulated type encircling the neck of a wearer includes an inflatable cell or cells confined within a protective cover when in collapsed condition. The cover, formed of a strong fabric or other flexible material, comprises a pair of panels between which the cell is confined. The panels are permanently secured along the edge of a neck-encircling, center opening of the cover. The outer edges of the panels are separably connected, to confine the collapsed cells. Inflation of the cells causes separation of the panels. A protective flap is substantially coextensive in area and configuration with the panels, and lies between the panels so that the cover is in effect composed of three layers. The cells are confined between the flap and one of the panels, the flap being secured along its outer edge to said one panel while having its inner edge left free. In the event of accidental separation of the panels with the cells collapsed, the cells are not exposed, and are protected against damage by reason of being still confined between the flap and the panel to which it is connected. The flap and the panel to which it is connected thus form an auxiliary protective capsule or enclosure for the collapsed cells, which comes into use in the event of accidental opening of the primary enclosure constituted by the main cover panels.

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Trenton, NJ, United States of America

Harold J Moran