Patent ID: 9101788
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. A case for emergency escape breathing apparatus, comprising: a substantially rigid hollow shell defining a cylinder housing portion for retaining a cylinder of breathable gas and a delivery device housing portion for removably housing a delivery device for the breathable gas supplied by the cylinder, the cylinder housing portion and the delivery device housing portion being in communication, wherein the shell comprises first and second shell parts that in use are assembled around a cylinder of breathable gas so as to cooperatively retain the cylinder therebetween within the cylinder housing portion and to define the delivery device housing portion therebetween; wherein the first and second shell parts comprise two halves of the shell; and an access opening providing access to the interior of the delivery device housing portion, wherein in use with the first and second shell parts assembled around the cylinder of breathable gas, a delivery device can be inserted into and removed from the delivery device housing portion through the access opening, such that when inserted into the delivery device housing portion the delivery device becomes fluidically connected to the cylinder of breathable gas.