Patent ID: 9522737
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. A container for skydiving, comprising: a back pad, an airbag fixed on a face of the back pad, the airbag including a face that in use faces an air flow resulting from a skydive, the airbag being inflatable into an inflated airbag, the airbag having at least one air scoop formed on a leading face of the inflated airbag, the leading face being the face of the inflated airbag facing the air flow during the skydive, restraining means for restraining the airbag in a folded position against the back pad, such that in the folded position, during a free fall phase of the skydive, the container is flat and the at least one air scoop is blocked, an opening system operable to trigger release of the restraining means and to inflate the airbag by movement of the container with respect to the air flow resulting from the skydive moving into the at least one air scoop, and means for attaching the container to at least one of the group consisting of a harness, a skydiver, and an airdropped package.