Patent ID: 8813911

Claim:
A tactical vehicle comprising: a line deployment tower adapted for use by personnel transferring between an elevated location above a body of said vehicle and a remote target location spaced from said vehicle; and a personnel runway having a proximal end pivotably attached to the body of said vehicle and a distal end adapted for extending outwardly and upwardly from the body of said tactical vehicle towards said line deployment tower at the elevated location; and means for mechanically elevating said personnel runway; and said line deployment tower comprising: a base mounted to the distal end of said personnel runway at the elevated location, an elongated line boom having a proximal end attached to said base, and an opposite distal end, said line boom comprising first and second uprights laterally spaced apart from each other at the proximal end of said line boom and extending outwardly from the proximal end to the distal end of said line boom, said line boom being moveable between an upwardly pivoted line-deploying position in which said first and second uprights extend upwardly and outwardly from said base, and a downwardly pivoted line-stowing position in which said first and second uprights extend substantially adjacent and parallel to a top major surface of said base, and means for pivotably attaching the first and second uprights of said line boom to said base; and a flexible line secured to the distal end of said line boom, and said line adapted for extending downward from the elevated location to the remote target location when said line boom is in said line-deploying position.