INFLATABLE LIFE RAFT ESCAPE SLIDE

摘要

An improved inflatable life raft escape slide having a plurality of inflatable tube members that are cooperable with a panel member to provide a sliding surface. Such tube members are strengthened by one or more narrow transversely extending inflatable tube members having struts interconnecting the underside thereof so that when all the tube members are fully inflated the slide assumes a truss-like structure capable of supporting substantial loads. Such slide member is cooperative with a deflatable pusher member that deploys the slide and wherein such slide converts into a raft.