Missile launcher

Claim 1

A MISSILE LAUNCHER SYSTEM OPERABLY MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE AND OPERABLE TO VERTICALLY LAUNCH A MISSILE COMPRISING AN OUTER TUBE OPERABLY MOUNTED IN SAID VEHICLE, AN INNER TUBE RESILIENTLY AND CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED IN SAID OUTER TUBE AND OPERABLE TO RECEIVE, LATERALLY SUPPORT, AND LAUNCH SAID MISSILE, A SUPPORT RING CONCENTRICALLY POSITIONED ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER TUBE, SAID SUPPORT RING HAVING INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE PORTION WHICH EXTENDS LATERALLY TOWARD THE AXIS OF SAID TUBE, IN A MANNER TO VERTICALLY SUPPORT SAID MISSILE, A HOLLOW TUBULAR SHAPED FLEXURE ROD HOUSING HAVING ITS UPPER END RIGIDLY SECURED T SAID SUPPORT RING, A FLEXURE ROD CONCENTRICALLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING ITS UPPER END RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID LOWER END OF SAID INNER TUBE, INTERCONNECTING MEANS OPERABLE TO CONNECT THE LOWER END OF SAID HOUSING AND THE LOWER END OF SAID ROD INCLUDING VIBRATION ABSORBING MEANS OPERABLE TO DAMP VIBRATIONS BEING TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID INTERCONNECTING MEANS WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT RING MAY MOVE LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID INNER TUBE WHEN SAID SYSTEM IS SUBJECTED TO SEVER SHOCK AND SAID VIBRATION ABSORBING MEANS ATTENUATES VEHICLE INDUCED VIBRATIONS.