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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony D Kasher, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., South St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ; B64D / ; B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244145 ; 2441 / ; 244142 ;
Abstract
A thin film polymeric membrane is made from a plurality of adjacent sections that are bonded together along longitudinal seams taken with reference to an axis of symmetry. The membrane is reinforced laterally by a continuous helical reinforcing fiber pattern that passes the reinforcing fiber(s) a plurality of times over each of the longitudinal seams. The membrane desirably is in the shape of a parachute or balloon envelope.