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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Bruno Cuisset, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Frank J. Brown, Bayville, NJ (US);
Alexandre Targiroff, Howell, NJ (US);
Stanley J. Pawlowski, Jr., South River, NJ (US);
Bruno Cuisset, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Frank J. Brown, Bayville, NJ (US);
Alexandre Targiroff, Howell, NJ (US);
Stanley J. Pawlowski, Jr., South River, NJ (US);
Air Cruisers Company, Wall, NJ (US);
Abstract
A flexible connection joint for inflatable structures such as life rafts, evacuation slides, and the like, includes a flexible connection member to join walls of the inflatable structure together. The flexible connection member includes first and second strip portions that are bonded together at one end to from three legs that can be joined to two or three walls of the structure or to other connecting elements or strips. In this manner, a tensile force acting on at least one of the walls of the structure causes generation of shear forces between the flexible legs and walls to thereby resist their separation.