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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Ryan Gorman, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Gorman, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of converting a bomblet into a hand-thrown grenade may include providing a bomblet having a fuze, a shaped-charge liner, a casing, and explosive material disposed between the shaped-charge liner and the casing. The fuze may be removed from the bomblet. A housing may be attached a fuze end of the bomblet. The housing may adjoin the casing. A cavity that abuts and is exterior to the shaped-charge liner may be filled with a filler material, such as pellets. A hand-grenade fuze may be attached to the fuze end of the bomblet.