Patent ID: 7416076

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging and shipping at least one shaped charge in a shipping container, comprising: means for disrupting a jet during detonation of a shaped charge, means for containing fragments generated by detonation of a shaped charge, and means for positioning at least one shaped charge in the shipping container, wherein the shaped charge is a circular shaped charge assembled in a tubing cutter housing having at least two sections, further comprising a heat degradable fastener connecting the cutter housing sections, wherein the means for disrupting the jet comprises a low density thick walled tube surrounding the circular shaped charge, and wherein the means for containing fragments comprises: a length of metal tubing surrounding the low density thick walled tube, a foam filter positioned at each end of the low density thick walled tube and within the metal tubing, a ballistic attenuator positioned against each foam filter and within the metal tubing, and retaining means attached to each end of the length of metal tubing to hold the low density thick walled tube, the filters and the ballistic attenuators within the metal tubing.