Ordnance – Shields – Body
Patent
1998-04-20
1999-12-28
Jordan, Charles T.
Ordnance
Shields
Body
36 75, F41H 508
Patent
active
060066466
ABSTRACT:
A system to provide foot protection against anti-personnel land mines is designed for use by mine clearance personnel and includes a raised frame having a central foot support location thereon which ensures a spacing of the wearer's foot above the ground surface of from 10 to 30 cm. The ground-engaging parts of the frame are spaced forwardly and rearwardly of the foot location and the frame includes on its underside blast protection material, the combined results of these measures being to greatly attenuate the blast and fragmentation effects of an exploding mine on the foot of the user. Moreover, the underside of the structure, including legs, is aerodynamically shaped to deflect the blast wave loading and fragments generated by the mine detonation.
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de Gagne Charles
Dubeau Serge
Hunziker Derek
Kleine Harald Hermann
L'Abbe Richard J.
Howell Jeffrey
Jordan Charles T.
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