Patent ID: 7118073

Claim:
Skyhook, an article of manufacture for reserve parachute deployment comprising: a body having a top end, bottom end and prong opposing a surface of the body to define a hook-slot therebetween, said hook-slot having a load end and an open end, such that a releasable means for attachment is selectively attachable and in communication with said hook-slot when attached; and a means for attachment at the top end of the body; and a means for attachment at the bottom end of the body, whereby when an upward force is first applied via the means for attachment at the top end of the body, the releasable means for attachment in communication with said hook-slot is released, while if an upward force is first applied to the hook-slot toad end of said hook-slot via the releasable means for attachment, the releasable means for attachment in communication with said hook-slot remains attached.