Patent ID: 7708611

Claim:
A sea survival device comprising a container that encloses at least first and second pneumatic liferafts in a deflated and folded-up condition, the first and second liferafts configured to cooperate with an inflation member: wherein the container comprises at least first and second rigid shells that are assembled together; wherein the container encloses at least one internal partition that subdivides the container into at least first and second compartments delimited in part by the at least first and second shells, wherein the at least a second rigid shell has the at least one internal partition secured thereto, and wherein the first shell does not have an internal partition secured thereto; wherein the at least first and second compartments house respectively the first and second deflated and folded-up liferafts; wherein the first liferaft is automatically inflated first when the sea survival device is deployed; and wherein inflation of the at least a second liferaft or any additional liferafts is not triggered until after the first liferaft has been inflated.