Patent ID: 8240604

Claim:
A decompression panel assembly configured to be mounted to a partition of an aircraft having a first side, a second side, and a decompression vent opening therein between the first and second sides of the partition, the decompression panel assembly comprising: a frame member configured to be mounted to a partition of an aircraft, said frame member being dimensioned to cover a decompression vent opening in the partition of an aircraft configured to permit decompression venting in a first direction through said decompression vent opening or a second direction opposing said first direction through said decompression vent opening, the frame member having a body defining a frame opening therethrough, said frame opening aligned with the decompression vent opening in the partition, said body of said frame member including a first side edge on a first side of the frame member corresponding to said first direction, said first side edge including a first radially outer flange extending radially outwardly from the first side edge of the frame member, said first radially outer flange being configured to be mounted to the partition, and said body of the frame member including a second side edge on a second side of the frame member opposing said first side of the frame member and corresponding to said second direction, said second side edge including a second radially outer flange spaced apart from the first radially outer flange, said second radially outer flange extending radially outwardly from the second side edge of the frame member; a pressure relief panel member; and a plurality of spring clips secured to said second radially outer flange and biased to releasably secure the pressure relief panel member to the second radially outer flange of said frame member such that the pressure relief panel member is released bi-directionally in either of said first and second opposing directions from said frame member when a predetermined pressure differential exists between the first and second sides of the partition.