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US 8,276,795 B1Granted
Modular ammunition restraint system for ambush protected vehicles
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsGlenn Dean, Eugene Michael Ivankoe, Margaret Berkowitz
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Abstract
Flexible restraint devices (MARS units) are provided for holding ammunition and ammunition packaging containers, mounted through wall mounting rails onto the interior of an ambush protected vehicle, or the like.
Claims11
A modular ammunition restraint system comprising in combination:
- a plurality of wall mounting rails, a multiplicity of modular containers for restraining assorted ammunition and assorted ammunition packaging, said modular containers mounted on said wall mounting rails, and, each modular container further comprising:
- a box shaped flexible restraining device made from a flexible fabric reinforced with stiff material added to sides of said flexible fabric of said device;
- a rear metal reinforcing plate for attachment of the device to a wall mounting rail, a front face of said device being accordion style flexible fabric that is length adjustable to accommodate size of assorted contents of said device, said accordion style flexible fabric being secured by means of a hook and loop with fastener on said front face of the device, and by an overhanging metal webbing attached to said rear metal reinforcing plate then arching forward, then bent downward to attach to the fastener at the front face by a snap buckle means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.