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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leibert Danielson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
William J. Horvath, Chandler, AZ (US);
Haiwen Meng, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 2/500 ;
Abstract
An inflatable evacuation slide for emergency evacuation of an aircraft comprises a pair of main support tubes supporting a flexible sliding surface. The main support tubes taper from a widest point near the exit opening of the aircraft to a narrowest point at the foot end of the slide. This arrangement of main support tubes, together with the toe end transverse tube and the head end transverse tube, form a quasi-trapezoidal truss structure, which is inherently more stable than the rectangular slides of the prior art.