Ready service tray for missile weapon

Claim 1

IN A MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEM FOR LAUNCHING MISSILES PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF FORE AND AFT ARRANGED HANDLING SHOES, A TOP-LOADING MISSILE TRAY FOR STORING AND HANDLING SAID MISSILES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TRUSS STRUCTURE OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION SHAPED TO DEFINE AN UPWARDLY OPENING MISSILE-RECEIVING TROUGH EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH, A RELEASABLY LOCKABLE AFT SHOE RECEPTACLE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TRAY TO RECEIVE THE AFT MOST OF SAID HANDLING SHOES, A MISSILE TYPE INDICATING MEANS INTERCONNECTED WITH AND ACTUATED BY SAID AFT SHOE RECEPTACLE MEANS WHEN THE LATTER MEANS IS MOVED BETWEEN ITS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED POSITIONS, A RELEASABLY LOCKABLE FORWARD SHOE RECEPTACLE MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRAY FORWARDLY OF SAID AFT SHOE RECEPTACLE MEANS TO BE SELECTIVELY MOVABLE BETWEEN LOCKED AND UNLOCKED POSITIONS, A VIBRATIONS DAMPENER MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRAY FORWARDLY OF SAID FORWARD SHOE RECEPTACLE MEANS, SAID DAMPENER MEANS BEING MECHANICALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID FORWARD RECEPTACLE SHOE MEANS AND SLIDABLY ACTUATED THEREBY.