ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,795, issued on Aug. 12.
"Avalanche airbag, method for manufacturing an avalanche airbag and avalanche airbag system" was invented by Manfred Kostlmeier (Haar/Gronsdorf, Germany), Johannes Kuntze-Fechner (Bad Tolz, Germany) and Christian Bier (Miesbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an avalanche airbag (2), comprising a deployable outer bag (12), consisting of a flexible, gas-permeable material, and a deployable inner bag (13), consisting of a gas-tight elastic material and inflatable with gas, whereby the inner bag (13) is arranged inside the outer bag (12). The material of the inner bag (13) has an ...