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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:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry R Sorenson, Providence, UT (US);
Roy T Minert, Brigham City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Morton Thiokol, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102339 ; 102340 ; 102342 ; 102345 ; 244150 ;
Abstract
A tether line is connected between a rocket launched flare and the canopy of a supporting parachute to cause the parachute to collapse and fall to the earth along with the burned out flare upon release of the single support cable.