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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arnis Mangolds, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ; H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-111 ; 342 10 ;
Abstract
A false target deployment system including an inflatable and collapsible decoy packaged in a munition for deploying the decoy in its collapsed state from an actual target at risk due to a potential threat. The decoy is rapidly inflated during deployment and the decoy includes coatings and/or other devices for emulating the infrared, radar and/or laser reflectivity characteristics of the actual target thereby providing a false target for the threat.