Patent ID: 7308847
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: F42B,F42D

Abstract:
1. A perforating gun loading bay including a floor, a roof and walls, the floor being substantially planar to form a work area and the floor, the walls and the roof enclosing an internal area sized to accommodate an adult person in an upright position fully therein and each of the floor, the walls and the roof including an outer material layer of steel selected to be blast resistant to minimize the trajectory therepast of explosive debris generated from detonation of explosives handled in a perforating gun loading operation and at least a portion of the walls and the roof including an inner liner of shock absorbing material mounted in spaced relation inwardly of the outer material layer of steel and exposed to the internal area and a vent which includes a floor blow-out panel for release of energy generated by an explosion.