FOLDING HAND-CARRIED ASSAULT LADDER OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: assault equipment. SUBSTANCE: ladder relates to equipment of assault groups in home troops and other organizations used for keeping law and order. Ladder is intended for overcoming vertical obstacles, penetration through windows into second stories of buildings. Folding hand-carried ladder is made of composite material type glass-reinforced plastic or organic plastic or carbon plastic. It is made up of four sections, units for connecting sections to each other, metal turntable cantilever type grips secured on upper section, metal sharp-end rods secured on lower section, tipping frame, and tightening belt. Each section has two strings in the form of flat trusses made of parallel box-section beams connected by strips, and cross-member. They are located between strips of opposite trusses and are connected with beams by means of gussets and metal braces. Each unit for connecting sections includes pivoted joint and fixing lock. Each cantilever grip has sharp-end hook and punching nut. Assault ladder can be used as mounted, leaned-on ladder or ramp. Aforesaid embodiment of assault ladder can endure preset vertical concentrated load, horizontal distributed load. It can be secured on vertical or horizontal supports and also with reliable resting on solid ground. It can be used for destruction of armored glass. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 cl, 7 dwg