Patent ID: 7600371

Claim:
An aircraft system, comprising a thrust reverser including: a nozzle inner wall; a nozzle outer wall radially outward of the nozzle inner wall, the nozzle outer wall including a blocker door movable between a deployed position and a stowed position; a fixed structure positioned radially outward of the nozzle outer wall; a link having a first end portion pivotally coupled to the fixed structure and a second end portion spaced apart from the first end portion; and a support member extending between the nozzle inner wall and the nozzle outer wall, wherein at least a portion of the support member is positioned forward of the blocker door when the blocker door is in the stowed position, wherein a first end portion of the support member is pivotally attached to the second end portion of the link, and wherein the first end portion of the support member is spaced radially inward from the fixed structure by a gap.