Patent ID: 11939151
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A dunnage assembly for holding at least one rocket having a fuze portion and a nozzle portion, comprising:
a plurality of dunnage sections being removably attached to each other,
wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections includes a different length,
wherein the plurality of dunnage sections are arranged according to a length of each of the plurality of dunnage sections,
wherein the plurality of dunnage sections includes a forwardmost dunnage section with a longest length and an aftmost dunnage section with a shortest length,
wherein said each of the plurality of the dunnage sections includes a plurality of tubes and a plurality of tube collars that support the plurality of tubes such that the plurality of tubes are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each of the plurality of tube collars includes a plurality of thru-holes therein,
wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes is sized to receive a portion of a tube, wherein each tube of said plurality of tubes includes an interior region sized to receive a rocket and being substantially coaxially aligned with a tube of an adjacent dunnage section,
wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections includes a first tube collar and a second tube collar, and
wherein the first tube collar is removably attached to the second tube collar of an adjacent dunnage section.