Patent ID: 8141490

Claim:
A booster base assembly, comprising: a booster base housing configured to couple with, and provide a booster charge to, a rocket motor, the booster base housing comprising: a shaft port extending through at least a portion of the booster base housing; at least one explosive transfer path extending through at least another portion of the booster base housing; at least one initiator port in communication with the at least one explosive transfer path; and a collar axially extending from a bottom portion of the booster base housing, the collar comprising a collar port defining a collar cavity within the collar; a barrier comprising a shaft coupled within the shaft port of the booster base housing, the barrier further comprising at least one fire-train transfer port extending therethrough, wherein the shaft is configured to position the barrier in at least one of a safe position and an arm-and-fire position, wherein the at least one fire-train transfer port is at least substantially aligned with the at least one explosive transfer path of the booster base housing when the barrier is positioned in the arm-and-fire position; and a booster basket assembly detachably coupled with the collar, wherein at least a portion of the booster basket assembly extends into the collar cavity, wherein the booster basket assembly comprises: a basket cavity defined by a substantially solid wall and a substantially closed end; at least one explosive transfer path port through the substantially closed end, the at least one explosive transfer path port at least substantially aligned with the at least one explosive transfer path of the booster base housing when the at least one fire-train transfer port of the barrier is positioned in the arm-and-fire position, wherein the barrier is configured to block communication between the at least one explosive transfer path port and the at least one explosive transfer path of the booster base housing when the barrier is positioned in the safe position; and a cover fixedly coupled relative to the substantially solid wall of the booster basket assembly, the cover comprising a plurality of perforations configured to enable energy to be expelled from the basket housing cavity during combustion of a combustible material housed therein.