RPG defeat method and system

US9052167B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Foster-Miller, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael D. Farinella · Belmont, US
• Robert Lee Cardenas · Framingham, US
• William R. Lawson · Hamilton, US
• Brendan LaBrecque · Peabody, US
• Frances Rush · Norwood, US
• David Hoadley · Lexington, US
• Michael Wheaton · Elk Grove, US
• Mike Anderson · Lowell, US
• Thomas Mann · Littleton, US
• Abed Kanaan · Still River, US
• Patrick Callahan · Maynard, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H7/04
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rocket propelled grenade shield including a flexible net and a frame secured to the flexible net supporting the flexible net. Spaced hard points are attached to the net, the hard points including a base portion with a cavity therein and a plug received in said cavity locking each hard point to the flexible net.