Land mine overpass tread design

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2005-10-11

2005-10-11

Carone, Michael J. (Department: 3641)

Ordnance

Mine-destroying devices

C036S113000, C036S007500, C036S007800, C102S402000, C102S403000, C152S155000, C152S209180, C089S036080, C089S036050, C089S036090, C089S001100, C089S001110

Reexamination Certificate

active

06952990

ABSTRACT:
A land mine pressure fuse avoidance system has a base. A tread on the base contacts the ground around a land mine and independently distributes pressures around the ground. The tread has plural independent closed cell foam rubber elements. Each element is separated from adjacent elements for independently supporting only a portion of a load on the base, while other similarly independent elements support remaining portion of the load. The base is a cylindrical tire, a continuous track, a shoe sole attachment or a robotic foot, and the tread is conformed to and extends outward from the base. The independent elements of the tread are made of closed cell foam rubber formed as a tread on the base with notches between adjacent elements of the tread. Notches extend longitudinally along the tread, and notches extend across the tread, forming block shaped elements extending from the base. The notches extend into the tread for distances greater than heights above ground of clutter and of partially buried mines or fuses. In one form the tread has independent radially extending elements constructed of closed cell foam.

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