US 2016/0305136 A1 · MAN-PORTABLE UNITARY AND INTEGRATED PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM SEGMENTS AND METHODS FOR EMPLOYING SYSTEM SEGMENTS

Abstract

A system and method are provided for employing man-portable unitary platform system segments, particularly as components of integrated castle defense systems. A lightweight modular and mobile system of integrated platform segments is provided to facilitate users integrating flexible platform configurations secured to existing wall structures to support myriad user tasks. Individual platform system segments can be autonomously employed, or can be linked together after being quickly attached to a wall, a structure, or another supporting surface by two users in minimal time. In law enforcement, security, military and/or paramilitary employment scenarios, individual platform system segments are emplaced, and linked together, to provide a unitary defensible position in a matter of minutes. An overall platform structure of a plurality of individual man-portable platform system segments provides operational and employment flexibility that was previously unattainable to bolster or boost defenses of a particular position against increasing, and increasingly agile, threats.

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Dependent claims

An integrated, lightweight platform system, comprising:

at least one base platform segment comprising a support area configured to support users and materials in operation;
a pair of multi-element hanger components movably attached by attaching components substantially at corners of the at least one base platform segment by which the at least one base platform segment is suspended from a structure;
and
a supporting and leveling element that is suspended from an underside of the at least one base platform segment to support, stabilize and level the at least one base platform segment in operation,
the pair of multi-element hanger components being rotatable about the attaching components between a first stowed position and a second operating position,
the first stowed position provided for securing the pair of multi-element hanger components with a principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially parallel to a plane of the at least one base platform segment, and
the second operating position orienting the principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially orthogonally to the plane of the at least one base platform segment.

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A method for employing an integrated, lightweight platform system, comprising:

providing the integrated, lightweight platform system at an employment site, the integrated, lightweight platform system being man-transportable to the employment site, the integrated, lightweight platform system, comprising:
at least one base platform segment having a support area configured to support users and materials in operation;
a pair of multi-element hanger components movably attached by attaching components substantially at corners of the at least one base platform segment by which the at least one base platform segment is suspended from a structure;
and
a supporting and leveling element that is suspended from an underside of the at least one base platform segment to support, stabilize and level the at least one base platform segment in operation;
the pair of multi-element hanger components being rotatable about the attaching components between a first stowed position and a second operating position,
the first stowed position providing for securing the pair of multi-element hanger components with a principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially parallel to a plane of the at least one base platform, and
the second operating position orienting the principal longitudinal axis of the pair of multi-element hanger components substantially orthogonally to the plane of the at least one base platform;
rotating the pair of multi-element hanger components out of the first stowed position;
engaging a structure at the employment site with a hanger hook element positioned at an end of each of the pair of multi-element hanger components opposite the attaching components;
releasing the supporting and leveling element from a stowed position in the at least one base platform segment and suspending the supporting and leveling element from the underside of the at least one base platform segment to support, stabilize and level the at least one base platform segment in operation against the structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Man-portable unitary and integrated platform systems and system segments and methods for employing system segments

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Man-portable unitary and integrated platform systems and system segments and methods for employing system segments

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