Rocket launchers

Claim 1

IN A ROCKET LAUNCHER, FIRST AND SECOND TUBULAR SECTIONS TELESCOPINGLY CONNECTED TO ENABLE SAID LAUNCHER TO BE EXTENDED FROM A SHORTENED, INOPERATIVE POSITION INTO AN ELONGATED, OPERATIVE POSITION, ONE END OF SAID FIRST SECTION BEING THE BREECH END OF THE LAUNCHER, SAID FIRST SECTION FITTING WITHIN SAID SECOND SECTION, SAID FIRST SECTION INCLUDING A FIRST RIGID MEMBER OVERLYING SAID SECOND SECTION, SAID SECOND SECTION AND SAID FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING PORTIONS RELEASABLY INTERENGAGED IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION, AND MEANS TO FIRE A ROCKET POSITIONED IN SAID FIRST LAUNCHER SECTION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND RIGID MEMBER WHICH IS THE FIRING MEMBER AND IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST SECTION BETWEEN A REARWARD FIRING POSITION AND A FORWARD COCKED POSITION, A FIRING SPRING TENSIONED BY MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRING MEMBER INTO SAID COCKED POSITION, SAID MEMBERS INCLUDING MEANS INTERENGAGED TO CAUSE THEIR MOVEMENT TOGETHER RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND LAUNCHER SECTION AS SAID LAUNCHER IS EXTENDED AND TRIGGER MEANS RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID FIRING MEMBER TO SAID SECOND SECTION WHEN ONLY A PREDETERMINED SHORT FURTHER RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SECTIONS IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH SAID OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID INTERENGAGED MEANS PROVIDING FOR CORRESPONDING SHORT MOVEMENT OF THE FIRING MEMBER RELATIVE TO THE FIRST MEMBER WHEREBY SAID SPRING BECOMES TENSIONED DURING SAID SHORT RELATIVE MOVEMENT, AND A SAFETY OPERABLE TO DISENGAGE SAID INTERENGAGED MEANS.