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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1977
John A Gaylord, San Diego, CA (US);
H. Koch & Sons, Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
The Canopy Release is for the purpose of connecting the webbings from a canopy or parachute to a harness worn by a person. The device includes a male connector member insertable in a female connector member and a releasable locking device for locking the male member in the female member. The male member is connected to one webbing and it has a prong having a keeper recess in at least one edge and it is inserted into a pocket in the female member; a lock in the female member is moveable into and out of the pocket to interlock with the keeper recess and to release the same; a pin in the lock is journalled in the female member and in a cover plate having a substantially U-shaped slot therein; a manipulating frame is connected to the pin so as to turn the pin when the manipulating frame is turned; a guide extends from the manipulating frame into the U-shaped slot and is resiliently urged into the respective ends of the U-shaped slot thereby to prevent a turning movement of the frame until the guide is moved into the curved middle portion of the U-shaped slot; a manipulating handle is resiliently concealed in the manipulating frame slides the guide out of the respective ends of the U-shaped slot and into the curved portion thereby to permit the turning of the manipulating frame for withdrawing the lock from or turning it into the keeper recess in the prong of the male member.