Patent ID: 8918967
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B64D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A separating mechanism for releasing an equipment bag while parachuting, the separating mechanism comprising: a base assembly including a base member, an aperture coupled with the base member, and one or more base assembly rings coupled with the base member; a removable locking soft loop assembly configured to be removed from the base assembly, the removable locking soft loop assembly including a locking soft loop base and a locking soft loop attached to the locking soft loop base, the locking soft loop configured to be inserted through the aperture and a first of the one or more base assembly rings, the locking soft loop base being configured to not be pulled through the aperture due to an operational load applied to the locking soft loop and configured to be removed from the base member and the aperture of the base assembly so as to facilitate replacement of the removable locking soft loop assembly; an open-ended pocket having one or more open ends, wherein the removable locking soft loop assembly is configured to be separably coupled with the base assembly by insertion into the pocket through one of said one or more open ends and configured to be removed from the base assembly by extraction from the pocket through the same or another of said one or more open ends; an attachment ring, a last of the one or more base assembly rings configured to be inserted through the attachment ring; and a retention member configured to be inserted through the locking soft loop so as to restrain the first base assembly ring, the one or more base assembly rings configured to be sequentially engaged to constrain the last base assembly ring so as to couple the attachment ring with the base member, the retention member configured to be pulled out of the locking soft loop to release the first base assembly ring thereby sequentially releasing the one or more base assembly rings so as to release the attachment ring.