Patent ID: 8678493

Claim:
An aircraft emergency equipment system for securing an emergency equipment package to a bottom side of an aircraft seat, the aircraft emergency equipment system comprising: an elongate member having a first end and an angled end; an emergency equipment package having a sleeve on one side configured to receive the elongate member from the angled end; a cutter attached to a side of the elongate member and configured to cut the sleeve; and a conductive sensor attached to a first end of a ripper bar, comprising the first end and a second end, wherein the conductive sensor is in an open state while the sleeve is secured to the ripper bar preventing the conductive sensor from contacting the elongate member and wherein the conductive sensor is in a closed state and when the emergency equipment package is moved towards the second end a selected distance and the conductive sensor contacts the elongate member, the sensor generates an indication, wherein the emergency equipment package is configured to be secured to the elongate member by the sleeve and wherein moving the emergency equipment package secured on the elongate member a selected distance towards the angled end causes the cutter to cut the sleeve.