Patent ID: 7707922
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: F41A,F41F,F41H

Abstract:
1. A mobile projectile launcher, comprising: a) a plurality of canisters in each of which projectiles to be launched are stored and fired; b) a horizontal cargo bed; c) a front wall, rear wall, and side walls extending vertically from said cargo bed and delimiting a volume in which said plurality of canisters are disposed; d) at least one tiltable launching platform for supporting said plurality of canisters; e) at least one support plate selected from the group of said front wall, rear wall and side walls which is pivotally connected to said cargo bed, said at least one support plate being made of a material which is resistant to projectile plume following launching and sufficiently sturdy to support a person standing thereon; and f) at least one linear actuator for said at least one support plate by which said at least one support plate is swingable from a closed position, wherein said at least one support plate is substantially perpendicular to said cargo bed to an open horizontal position wherein said at least one support plate is substantially parallel to said cargo bed,