Patent ID: 8186505
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: F42B,F42D

Abstract:
1. An expansible ballistic containment bag adapted for safely storing weapons ammunition, said containment bag comprising: a blast-resistant flexible body defining an ammunition storage compartment, and comprising an access opening to said storage compartment for receiving weapons ammunition; a reinforcement webbing attached to an outside of said flexible body, and comprising an arrangement of spaced-apart longitudinal straps and spaced-apart lateral straps; at least one of said spaced-apart longitudinal straps extending substantially from one end of said flexible body to an opposite end of said flexible body, and being substantially continuously affixed along its length to the outside of said flexible body, and another of said spaced-apart longitudinal straps being substantially discontinuously attached along its length to said containment bag; and at least two of said spaced-apart lateral straps substantially encircling said flexible body, and being substantially discontinuously affixed along their respective lengths to said containment bag, wherein at least one of said lateral straps is attached to at least two of said spaced-apart longitudinal straps, and is substantially unattached to said flexible body between said at least two longitudinal straps, whereby the discontinuous attachment of said at least one lateral strap enables expansion of said flexible body, and promotes distribution of blast forces across said reinforcement webbing in the event of an ammunition explosion inside said containment bag.