Patent · US Expired

Simulant training kit for recognizing hazardous materials

US6027344A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
5References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1997
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B9/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A training kit for training individuals to recognize one or more hazardous materials including a housing having dividing means within the housing dividing the housing into a plurality of compartments; each compartment having a set of container receiving portions; and container means in each of the container receiving portions of each of the compartments; indicia means associated with each compartment having identifying information, each container means in a compartment containing a simulant having one or more characteristics, the characteristics being perceptible to the individual; wherein the simulant mimics one or more characteristics of the hazardous material and the simulant is less hazardous than the hazardous material.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.