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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Garfield W McMahon, Dartmouth, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340 / ; 340-9 ; 343880 ;
Abstract
A self-deploying instrument assembly includes a plurality of instruments for example hydrophones, mounted on a flexible sheet. A series of resilient rods extend from one side of the sheet from positions spaced around the periphery thereof to a hub. The resilient rods are deflectable laterally inwardly with consequent folding of the sheet to place the assembly in a storable configuration smaller than its normal operative configuration. A suitable container for storing the instrument assembly is also described.