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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Timothy Bradley, Loogootee, IN (US);
Eric Hillenbrand, Evansville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Bradley, Loogootee, IN (US);
Eric Hillenbrand, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable cutting device and related method of use are disclosed. The method may include the steps of providing a laser source and a battery power supply, and housing the laser source and the battery power supply in at least one storage container carried by a user. The method may further include the step of cutting a barrier with optical energy produced by the laser source and delivered by a handheld laser directing device.