Patent ID: 7036419

Claim:
An adapter device ( 10 ) designed to be interposed between a projectile ( 12 ), fitted with deployable fins ( 16 ), suitable for occupying a folded position, and a launching tube ( 14 ), said device being characterised in that it comprises a retaining ring ( 22 ) suited to being mounted on an open end of the launching tube ( 14 ), an adapter tube ( 24 ) suited to being placed around the projectile ( 12 ), such that the fins ( 16 ) in the folded position are lodged in a first part ( 38 ) of the adapter tube ( 24 ), and hooking means ( 26 ) of the adapter tube ( 24 ) on the retaining ring ( 22 ), in a position such that the first part ( 38 ) of the adapter tube ( 24 ) is situated outside the launching tube ( 14 ) and that a second part ( 40 ) of the adapter tube ( 24 ) is received in the launching tube ( 14 ).