Patent ID: 7284490

Claim:
A breaching method for creating a passageway through which personnel can pass, comprising: propelling a projectile along a trajectory toward a generally planar ground-supported structure, the projectile carrying an arrangement of rods expandable from a first position to a second position forming a substantially continuous loop formation; expanding the arrangement of rods radially relative to the trajectory from the first position to the second position prior to the projectile impacting the generally planar ground-supported structure; impacting the arrangement of rods in the second position against an impact area of the generally planar ground-supported structure wherein the impact area in an unbreached condition is constructed in a manner that would prevent the personnel from passing therethrough; breaching the impact area of the generally planar ground-supported structure with the arrangement of rods in the second position; and creating an aperture in the impact area of the generally planar ground-supported structure of a shape and size that allows personnel to pass through the aperture in the impact area.