Patent ID: 8092267

Claim:
A submarine escape suit assembly comprising a submarine escape suit and a liferaft pack, the liferaft pack comprising an outer casing attached to the suit and an inner casing held within the outer casing and containing a deflated liferaft, the outer casing including a first casing part and a second casing part directly connected together by a releasable fastening that is configured to enable the first casing part to be at least partly separated from the second casing part, the connection provided by the releasable fastening being released when the first casing part is pulled apart from the second casing part, wherein the outer casing remains attached to the submarine escape suit during and after separation of the first and second casing parts, and separation of the first and second casing parts allows the inner casing to float free from the outer casing and to expose an actuation device that is operable to cause inflation of the liferaft.