Patent ID: 8162259
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. An aircraft ejection seat for supporting an occupant in an airframe comprising: a seat frame having a seat pan and a support structure extending below the seat pan; a primary lanyard, said primary lanyard having a distal end attached to said seat frame and a bight portion extending in a forward direction below the seat pan, the bight portion adapted to restrain the occupant's limb passing through the bight portion, said primary lanyard further comprising a proximal end; a secondary lanyard having a distal end attached to the bight portion of said primary lanyard said secondary lanyard further comprising a proximal end; and means for simultaneously retracting the proximal end of said primary lanyard and the proximal end of said secondary lanyard toward said seat frame to draw the bight portion close around the occupant's limb.