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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
James E. Sadeck, East Freetown, MA (US);
James E. Sadeck, East Freetown, MA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload upon ground impact by the payload. The apparatus has a pair of sections releasably secured to each other. Each section has an intermediate portion having a longitudinally extending axis and a spur receiving opening that extends through the intermediate portion and is transverse to the longitudinally extending axis, a first end portion attached to the intermediate portion and comprising a spur that extends in a generally lateral direction with respect to the longitudinally extending axis, and a second end portion attached to the intermediate portion such that the intermediate portion is between the first and second end portions. Each section is configured so that a lanyard can be connected to the section wherein in order to use the apparatus, a lanyard is attached to and between one section and a parachute, and another lanyard is attached to and between the other section and a payload.