Abstract: The jumping suit is for a parachutist taking part in competition or sport with a group of parachutists. Suit holding and retaining means are provided on the suit on the outer side of the arms and legs of the parachutist in the form of beading which is fixed to the suit fabric and forms an outer rib capable of being taken hold of by the hand of an adjacent parachutist.

Abstract: Jumping garment for a parachutist in which means are incorporated for increasing the drag during the free fall. The drag-increasing means comprise openings formed in the wall of the garment in at least one of the sides of the body. The openings are adapted to allow direct entry of air into the space defined by the garment around the body of the parachutist so as to fully inflate the garment.

Abstract: The device comprises a first gripping band of the Velcro type which is secured to a first of the parachute pack flaps and engages a second gripping band of the Velcro type secured to a second pack flap opposite the first flap. The pack is opened by an opening control device which is connected through a flexible connecting element to an edge of the second gripping band in such manner that a pull on the opening control device causes the second gripping band to be disengaged by peeling off from the first gripping band in starting from the edge. In an alternative arrangement, the first and second gripping bands are interconnected not directly but by an independent gripping band which is disengaged by peeling off from the first and second gripping bands for opening the pack. The opening control device may be an automatic pack opening strap coiled on the pack.

Abstract: Buckle for retarded automatic unlocking of safety belts and harnesses of parachuting equipment or of vehicles, which comprises a frame slideably mounted in a casing and a shaft in the frame for supporting a swinging bolt adapted to imprison the shackle of a strap, or release either instantaneously under the direct action of a manual control means or with a delay under the action of an automatic control means connected to the bolt and actuated by springs compressed by the shackle when the shackle is introduced inside the casing. The automatic control means is itself locked by means adapted to be slowly withdrawn, by means of a brake, under the action of a traction force exerted by the shackle on the bolt providing the sliding movement of the frame against the action of a return spring bringing back the frame to its initial position as soon as the traction force of the shackle on the strap substantially diminishes or ceases.

Abstract: Buckle for retarded automatic unlocking of safety belts and harnesses of parachuting equipment or of vehicles, which comprises a frame slideably mounted in a casing and a shaft in the frame for supporting a swinging bolt adapted to imprison the shackle of a strap, or release either instantaneously under the direct action of a manual control means or with a delay under the action of an automatic control means connected to the bolt and actuated by springs compressed by the shackle when the shackle is introduced inside the casing. The automatic control means is itself locked by means adapted to be slowly withdrawn, by means of a brake, under the action of a traction force exerted by the shackle on the bolt providing the sliding movement of the frame against the action of a return spring bringing back the frame to its initial position as soon as the traction force of the shackle on the strap substantially diminishes or ceases.