Patent ID: 6520453
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
A rough terrain cargo parachute assembly comprising:a canopy defining four tubular sleeves equidistantly disposed on an external surface of said canopy when said canopy is deployed, each of the sleeves having an opening at a hem line of said canopy and being in communication with an interior of said canopy, the canopy hem line, less the sleeves, being substantially round; and a suspension line connected to said canopy at each point wherein one of the sleeve openings is adjacent the canopy hem line, wherein said canopy comprises a square piece of canopy material with cutouts at each corner thereof to provide eight outwardly extending points, four reinforcing lines, each extending from one of the points to an oppositely disposed point, and a loop disposed at each end of each reinforcing line, the loop being adjacent the hem line of said canopy, and wherein two loops, being adjacent at the hem line, are connected to one of said suspension lines.