Patent ID: 7900547
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B64G,F41F

Abstract:
1. A method of launching a launch device comprising: assembling a launch device in a horizontal position on a mobile device; attaching an attachment member to the launch device disposed in the horizontal position on the mobile device; attaching a truss device, rotate-ably attached to the mobile device, to the attachment member attached to the launch device disposed in the horizontal position on the mobile device; moving the mobile device to a launch site with the assembled launch device assembled in the horizontal position on the mobile device; rotating the truss device at the launch site to move the attachment member and the attached assembled launch device from the horizontal position to a vertical position on the mobile device; detaching the truss device from the attachment member while the launch device is disposed in the vertical position on the mobile device at the launch site; moving the attachment member and the attached launch device, in the vertical position, from the mobile device at the launch site to a launch platform; detaching the attachment member from the launch device while the launch device is disposed in the vertical position on the launch platform; and launching the launch device from the launch platform.