Arc'Teryx Equipment Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150017851 | AIRBAG RESCUE SYSTEM - The invention is directed to an airbag system and, more particularly, to such a system employed as a rescue or life-saving system to enable a person to survive an avalanche, for example. In a particular embodiment, the invention relates to an airbag system utilized with a backpack to be worn by a skier, snowboarder, hiker, or snowmobiler, for example. Instead of relying upon compressed gas cartridges or cylinders to inflate the airbag(s), the invention inflates the airbag(s) with ambient air only. In a particular embodiment, air is supplied to the airbag by means of a battery-powered electrical motor. | 01-15-2015 |
20130177731 | THERMAL INSULATION STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - A thermal insulating structure, and products made therefrom. The insulation structure includes an insulation-containing substructure that includes an inner and intermediate layers forming a plurality of successive compartments, the compartments containing insulation material, such as down or loose synthetic material. The intermediate layer is a batting of insulation, such as fiberfill or fleece. An outer layer, such as a waterproof material, extends over the substructure. | 07-11-2013 |
20120060267 | AIRBAG RESCUE SYSTEM - The invention is directed to an airbag system and, more particularly, to such a system employed as a rescue or life-saving system to enable a person to survive an avalanche. In a particular embodiment, the invention relates to an airbag system utilized with a backpack to be worn by a skier, snowboarder, hiker, or snowmobiler, for example. Instead of relying upon compressed gas cartridges or cylinders to inflate the airbag(s), the invention inflates the airbag(s) with ambient air only. In a particular embodiment, air is supplied to the airbag by means of a battery-powered electrical motor. | 03-15-2012 |
20100299798 | GARMENT HAVING ROLL-UP AND STOW SLEEVES - The invention relates to a garment that includes a torso portion and a pair of sleeves, with the junction between the torso portion and each of the sleeves including a closable opening. Each of the closable openings includes a first portion positioned on a respective underarm, extending along a side of the torso portion, and a second portion extending on a respective one of the sleeves, with each of the sleeves including a proximal portion adjacent the torso portion, a distal portion adjacent the proximal portion, and an arrangement carried by the proximal portion to maintain the distal portion in a lifted-up state. | 12-02-2010 |
20090293171 | GARMENT HAVING ROLL-UP AND STOW SLEEVES - The invention relates to a garment that includes a torso portion and a pair of sleeves, with the junction between the torso portion and each of the sleeves including a closable opening. Each of the closable openings includes a first portion positioned on a respective underarm, extending along a side of the torso portion, and a second portion extending on a respective one of the sleeves, with each of the sleeves including a proximal portion adjacent the torso portion, a distal portion adjacent the proximal portion, and an arrangement carried by the proximal portion to maintain the distal portion in a lifted-up state. | 12-03-2009 |
20090020579 | ROLL-TOP CLOSURE PACK - A pack that includes a bottom, a front side, a back side, and a top opening for allowing insertion of articles to, and removable from, inside the pack. The front and back sides of the pack are adjacently affixed to each other at their left and right edges. The pack further includes a closure arrangement to close the top opening, such closure arrangement including an upper front flap, adjacently connected to the front side and an upper back flap adjacently connected to the back side. The pack is closed when the upper front flap and the upper back flap are pressed against each other and then rolled down together along the pack until a rolled state of the upper front flap and the upper back flap is reached. The pack further includes an expansion arrangement allowing, on one hand, separation of the front side from the back side when the expansion arrangement is in a open state and, on the other hand, abutment of the front side to the back side when the expansion arrangement is in a closed state, the expansion arrangement having a lower extremity and a upper extremity. The upper extremity of the expansion arrangement is positioned between the junction of the front side and the upper front flap and the junction of the back side and the upper back flap. | 01-22-2009 |
20080229558 | SECURING RING AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A securing ring, such as a belay loop, including a plurality of layers of ring-shaped surface sections, an outermost ring-shaped surface section being fixed to at least one of the layers below. The ring-shaped surface sections are formed from surface sections of a flat tubular element folded or rolled upon one another. A corresponding process for the manufacture of the securing ring involves the folding or rolling up of a flat tubular element. | 09-25-2008 |