Patent ID: 6102762
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A62B,B63B,B63C

Abstract:
A marine escape system comprising a passage for persons and having an entrance at one end and an exit at an end opposite said one end, at least one support for the passage being provided between the entrance and the exit, the at least one support being suspended by at least one first elongate elastic member, at least one second elongate elastic member extending from the at least one support towards the exit, the at least one second elongate elastic member having a greater elasticity than the at least one first elongate elastic member, so that a portion of the passage between the exit and the at least one support is extensible and contractable before the extension and contraction of a portion of the passage between the entrance and the at least one support, the passage being extensible and contractible to accommodate changes in the spacing between the entrance and the exit.