Air-borne rocket launchers

Claim 1

A ROCKET LAUNCHER COMPRISING AN OUTER METALLIC TUBULAR SHELL RIGIDLY PROVIDED AT EACH END WITH A TRANSVERSE BULKHEAD, A PLURALITY OF ROCKET TUBES MOUNTED AT THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS IN AND EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN SAID BULKHEADS WITHIN THE SHELL IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, SAID TUBES OPENING AT EACH END EXTERNALLY THROUGH SAID BULKHEADS, A SPRING-DETENT PROJECTING INTO EACH ROCKET TUBE AND BEING ADAPTED TO SHIFT RADIALLY OUTWARDLY UNDER THE PROPULSIVE FORCES EXERTED BY THE ROCKET WHEN IT IS FIRED AND A HOOK-LIKE STOP MEMBER RIGIDLY MOUNTED AT THE REAR END OF EACH ROCKET TUBE AND COMPRISING A MOUNTING-PLATE PORTION FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE WALL OF THE TUBE AND AN INTEGRAL, INWARDLY OFFSET NECK PORTION EXTENDING IN LONGITUDINAL CONTINUATION THEREOF AND PROCEEDING LONGITUDINALLYREARWARDLY ALONG THE INNER WALL OF THE TUBE AND TERMINATING AT ITS REARWARD END IN A HOOK-LIKE PORTION WHICH CURVES REARWARDLY THEREFROM AND THENCE FORWARDLY INTO THE TUBE INTERIOR, SAID HOOK-LIKE PORTION HAVING GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SECTION WHEREBY IT HAS LIMITED RESILIENCY AND TERMINATING IN A POINT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE TUBE AND IS ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY THE REAR END OF THE ROCKET INSERTED THEREIN, THE INWARDLY FACING SURFACES OF THE NECK PORTION AND THE FORWARDLY FACING SURFACES OF THE HOOK-LIKE PORTION BEING FEATHERED DOWN TO A THIN EDGE SO AS TO CAUSE MINIMUM INTERFERENCE AND TURBULENCE WITHIN THE REARWARDLY BLASTING JET STREAM FROM THE ROCKET WHEN FIRED.