Controlled tip-off launcher

Claim 1

A CONTROLLED TIP-OFF LAUNCHER MECHANISM FOR MISSILES OR THE LIKE COMPRISING: A LAUNCHER BODY DEFINING FORWARD AND REARWARD PORTIONS OF DIFFERENT INTERNAL DIAMETERS, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD PORTIONS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID REARWARD BODY PORTION BEING SMALLER IN INTERNAL DIAMETER THAN SAID FORWARD BODY PORTION, SAID REARWARD BODY PORTION FUNCTIONING TO SUPPORT AN ASSOCIATED MISSILE ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED WITHIN SAID LAUNCHER BODY, AND SLIDABLE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO AN ASSOCIATED MISSILE AND POSITIONED IN SAID LAUNCHER BODY SO AS TO BE MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO AT LEAST THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID LAUNCHER BODY, SAID SLIDABLE MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS, WHEREBY TIP-OFF IS CONTROLLED BY THE TIME RELATION BETWEEN THE SLIDABLE MEANS CLEARING THE FORWARD END OF THE FORWARD BODY PORTION OF THE LAUNCHER AND THE AFT END OF AN ASSOCIATED MISSILE CLEARING THE FORWARD END OF THE REARWARD BODY PORTION OF SAID LAUNCHER, AND WHEREBY SAID SLIDABLE MEANS IS SEPARATED UPON SAME CLEARING THE FORWARD END OF THE FORWARD BODY PORTION OF THE LAUNCHER.