Patent ID: 7028951

Claim:
A parachute reefing system comprising: a flexible ring section having a circumference; a plurality of equidistantly spaced loops attached to said flexible ring section; a plurality of link members, each link member being attached to a corresponding loop and sized to allow at least one suspension line to pass therethrough; a cross-connecting section comprising pair of intersecting members that are attached to said flexible ring section, said intersecting members being attached to each other at an intersection point that is substantially coincident with the center of said flexible ring section; a position cord having a first end attached to said intersection point and a second end opposite said first end; a yoke attached to said second end of said position cord and comprising a vertex and at least two legs extending from said vertex to respective distal ends; and a plurality of riser links, each riser link being attached to a distal end of a corresponding leg.