| US 7,520,223 B2 | ||
| Explosive effect mitigated containers | ||
| Kevin John Sharpe, Essex (United Kingdom); Jack Waddell, Houston, Tex. (US); and James F. Gordon, Nokomis, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Blastgard Technologies, Inc., Clearwater, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/834,165. | ||
| Application 10/834165 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/630897, filed on Jul. 31, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0188825 A1, Sep. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. F42D 5/05 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 102—303 [86/50; 244/121; 89/36.02; 89/36.11] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A method for protecting an aircraft from the effects of a blast comprising at least partially lining unit load devices
and other containers within the aircraft with a blast mitigation material;
wherein said blast mitigation material is in the form of an assembly of two flexible sheets arranged one over the other and
joined by a plurality of seams, the seams being arranged so as to form cells or recesses in the space between the sheets,
and wherein the cells or recesses are filled solely with perlite, wherein the perlite is free-flowing within the cells.
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