Folding munition

Claim 1

A FOLDING MUNITION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HOUSING; A PLURALITY OF HINGE MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID HOUSING IN AN EQUI-SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBERS EACH HAVING A DISCHARGE END AND A CLOSED END; MEANS DEFINING A FIRING-PIN PORT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CLOSED END OF EACH TUBULAR MEMBER; MEANS FOR RETAINING WITHIN EACH OF SAID MEMBERS A ROUND OF AMMUNITION HAVING PERCUSSION MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH; MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING EACH OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS TO SAID HOUSING THROUGH SAID HINGE MEMBERS; A TUBULAR MEMBER ACTIVATING MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING AND A STOP SHOULDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED END OF EACH OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS FOR PIVOTALLY URGING THE TUBULAR MEMBERS INTO A COMMON PLANE, AND FOR OPERATIVELY MAINTAINING SAID MEMBERS IN SAID COMMON PLANE; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED FIRING PINS, EACH BEING RADIALLY DISPOSED AND SLIDINGLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND BEING SO ALIGNED WITH A FIRING-PIN PORT OF A GIVEN TUBULAR MEMBER AS TO PERMIT EACH PIN OF SAID PLURALITY TO BE SLIDINGLY DISPLACED THROUGH SAID PORT TO IMPINGE AGAINST A PERCUSSION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH A ROUND OF AMMUNITION RETAINED WITHIN THE GIVEN TUBULAR MEMBER; A PLURALITY OF COMPRESSION SPRINGS, EACH BEING DISPOSED TO ABUT A GIVEN FIRING-PIN FOR CONTINUOUSLY URGING THE GIVEN FIRING-PIN TOWARD A FIRING-PIN PORT OF A GIVEN TUBULAR MEMBER; LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING A DETENT LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKINGLY ENGAGING EACH OF SAID FIRING-PINS AND RETAINING THE PINS AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE COMPRESSION SPRINGS; A GAS OPERATED DETENT ACTUATING MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID LOCKING MEANS TO RELEASE SAID PINS FROM A RETAINED CONDITION; MEANS DEFINING A FIRST GAS PORT TERMINATING ADJACENT SAID DETENT ACTUATING MEANS FOR DIRECTING GAS TO SAID ACTUATING MEANS; A FLEXIBLE WEB EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS AND CONNECTED THERETO IN A MANNER SUCH AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY SPAN THE SPACE DEFINED BY THE SPACING OF THE TUBULAR MEMBERS WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID HOUSING FOR IMPARTING AN AERODYNAMIC DRAG AND A RATE OF ROTATION OF SAID MUNITION; AN ACTUATOR CASING MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID HOUSING; A PYROTECHNIC GAS GENERATING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CASING FOR GENERATING A PRESSURIZED GAS; CONDUIT MEANS FOR DIRECTING GENERATED GAS FROM SAID GAS GENERATING MEANS TO SAID GAS PORT; A SPIN-ARMED FUSED ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID PYROTECHNIC MEANS ADAPTED TO BE ARMED BY SAID ROTATION AND ACTUATED BY IMPACT FOR FIRING SAID PYROTECHNIC MEANS; AND RELEASABLE SEALING MEANS SEALING SAID CASING IN A MANNER SUCH THAT GASES GENERATED BY SAID PYROTECHNIC MEANS MAY BE FORCED THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID GAS PORT TO IMPINGE ON SAID DETENT ACTUATING MEANS FOR INITIATING AN OPERATION OF SAID DETENT ACTUATING MEANS TO INITIATE A RELEASE OF SAID FIRING PINS AND IMPART SELECTED DISPLACEMENT TO SAID MUNITION.