ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,003, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/S (Esberjg V, Denmark).
"Maritime chute for maritime evacuation" was invented by Brian Birkemose (Esbjerg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substantially vertically descending maritime chute for maritime evacuation from a vessel to a floatable unit comprises an inlet section, a plurality of first sections, and a plurality of second sections, which, when connected define an evacuation path through the maritime chute. Each first section and each second section comprises a first upper end and second lower end. Each first section has a first connection means...