Supporting and protecting device

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN ENGINE HAVING A THRUST CHAMBER, A RIG FOR SUPPORTING SAID ENGINE, COMPRISING: (A) A SUPPORT PLUG HAVING A BODY OF A CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID THRUST CHAMBER; (B) SAID BODY BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID THRUST CHAMBER WITH THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID BODY CONTACTING THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID THRUST CHAMBER; (C) A FLANGE SECURED TO AN END OF SAID BODY AND SAID PROJECTING LATERALLY BEYOND SAID BODY AND SAID THRUST CHAMBER; (D) ATTACHMENT MEANS MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID THRUST CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID FLANGE; (E) MEANS CONNECTING SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS AND SAID FLANGE THEREBY HOLDING SAID SUPPORT PLUG WITHIN SAID THRUST CHAMBER; (F) A PROTECTIVE FRAME ENCIRCLING SAID ENGINE; (G) SAID FRAME COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED AXIALLY ALIGNED RINGS CONNECTED BY BRACE MEMBERS EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN; (H) MEANS FOR RIGID SUSPENDING SAID ENGINE WITHIN SAID FRAME CENTRALLY OF SAID AXIALLY ALIGNEC RINGS; (I) SAID MEANS INCLUDING A CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND ONE OF SAID RINGS AT ONE END OF SAID FRAME; (J) SAID MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A PLUG AND SOCKET CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID FRAME AND SAID ENGINE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID ENGINE; (K) A SECTION OF SAID FRAME COMPRISING SAID OTHER END THEREOF BEING TELESCOPICALLY SEPARABLE FROM THE REMAINDER OF SAID FRAME.