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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Aristidis Makris, Nepean, CA;
Richard J L'Abbe, Ottawa, CA;
Pierre Voisine, Limoges, CA;
Gad Shaanan, Westmount, CA;
Serge Dubeau, Montreal, CA;
Charles De Gagne, Montreal, CA;
Derek Hunziker, Montreal, CA;
Harald Hermann Kleine, Ottawa, CA;
Benoit Orban, St-Laurent, CA;
Med-Eng Systems Inc., Ottawa, CA;
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.