Patent ID: 7950607

Claim:
An adaptor for converting a full-size aircraft bomb rack into a rack capable of supporting and releasing reduced-size stores, said full-size bomb rack including bomb ejection means capable of delivering an ejection force to the full-size bomb, said adapter comprising: an elongated plate having a body portion defining a plane and opposing end portions, said end portions including laterally extending sway braces for reducing lateral swaying of the reduced-size store, said plate being mounted between the reduced-size store and the full-size aircraft bomb rack, said body portion further including means for ejecting a reduced-size store from the elongated plate, a first opening adjacent one end portion of the elongated plate for receiving securing means carried by the reduced-size store for attaching said store to the full-size bomb rack, whereby the securing means can be passed through the opening and engaged with a corresponding support element on the full-size bomb rack, an ejection mechanism at the opposite end of the elongated plate for transferring the ejection force from the full-size bomb rack to the reduced-size store, and means for securing the plate to the full-size aircraft bomb rack.