The Boeing Company

Robert J Lenaburg

Paul Joseph Wilcynski

Michael Anthony Fleming

Steven P McDonald

Bruce E Wallace

Rodney M Burgin

Michael Lane Drake

Steven P Mcdonald

David Wayne Eckert

Slide for an aircraft

An evacuation slide to provide an egress path from an exit of an aircraft. The evacuation slide includes one or more slide lanes. One or more jump targets and indicators are positioned along each of the slide lanes to visually inform persons how to enter a ramp of the slide. Lights illuminate one or more sections of the slide to further provide visual guidance on how to enter the ramp.

Evacuation slide with markings and lighting for egress from an aircraft

In one embodiment of a multi-exit evacuation slide for an aircraft, an inflatable evacuation slide for emergency evacuation includes two coupled inflatable portions. The first inflatable portion, which includes a first inclined sliding surface, is configured to provide downward egress from an over-wing exit. Similarly, the second inflatable portion, which includes a second inclined surface, is likewise configured to provide downward egress from a non over-wing exit. In particular embodiments, the inflatable portions are configured to be deployed from a storage location proximate the over-wing and non over-wing exits. In other embodiments, at least one of the first and second inflatable portions includes a lateral area for horizontal movement. In alternative embodiments, the inflatable evacuation slide further includes a divider rail disposed between the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion.

Multi-exit combined evacuation slide

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Des Moines, WA, United States of America

Robert J Lenaburg