Patent ID: 6932300

Claim:
A device for closing a parachute pack of a kind which has a parachute containing region and at least one opening closable by a plurality of flaps each flap including a grommet, said flaps retainable to a closed condition to close the opening by a closing cord extending through said grommet and secured therewith by a securing pin, said device comprising: a body structure including a base member defining parachute pack engageable regions for bearing onto the parachute pack; a body structure mounted roller rotatably mounted about a rotational axis and with which a pull cord can engage to be drawn (at least in part) onto said roller and which in use, is connected (directly or indirectly) to the closing cord for drawing said closing cord in part through a said grommet; a cranking mechanism for rotating said roller about its rotational axis, said cranking mechanism includes a movable handle rotatable about a cranking axis and operatively engaged with said roller to rotate said roller about the said rotational axis for said drawing of said pull cord, wherein said handle actuates rotation of said roller in one direction by movement of said handle in one direction only and in a direction opposite to said one direction, said handle does not actuate rotation of said roller, wherein said device further includes a switch engageable with said cranking mechanism, said switch operable in a first mode to operatively engage said handle and said roller for allowing rotating of said roller and in a second mode to disengage said handle and said roller for freeing said roller and allow roller to rotate independent of said handle, in both directions.