CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTED & CONFIDENTIAL
P PA SA FE CO AC AD EA OM CK DD AT MP KS DL TU PA LE UR AR EF RE RIIS EC SIIO ON N NEW
HISTORIC
MODUL AR ANIMAL MOBILIT Y PL ATFORM
CURRENT SOF INVENTORY
“MAMP” IN SUPPORT OF
PACK SADDLE
MAMP
PHILIPS
APARAJO
HYBRID
DECKER
SAWBUCK
Date of Invention
2010
1920
1800
1920
1920
500 BC
Weight (Lbs)
< 25
35 >
45 >
20
20
20
Availability
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
3D Adjustable
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
MOVE G N I H T N Y A N A , E,, A RE E ER ME HE WH TIIM YW YT NY AN ANYTHING, ANY BY ANIMAL
Self‐Adjustable
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
NO FITTING – NO KNOTS – NO TRAINING
No Knots
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Swing Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Lash Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Hanger Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Quick Release
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Walk
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Speed ‐ Trot
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Canter
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Gallop
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Field Configurable
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Training Required
( NO )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
1D
CONTACT: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR – ROBERT FERRAND, INVENTOR 650.631.8400 inventor@saddletech.net WWW.SADDLETECH.NET 2995 WOODSIDE RD. WOODSIDE, CA 94062 CCR # & DUNS # 03‐032‐5372
CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTED & CONFIDENTIAL
“SPECIAL FORCES WARRIOR” REQUIREMENTS “Reduce the Load / Increase the performance” GROUND MOBILITY, LOGISTICS & CIVIL AFFAIRS
MAMP
THIS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IS PROTECTED BY U.S. PATENTS #5,375,397, #6,334,262, #6,948,256, PCT069820 & PATENTS PENDING
CCR # & DUNS # 03‐032‐5372
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS — USE OF DATA LIMITED "This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed--in whole or in part--for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. However, if a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of--or in connection with-- the submission of these data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. The data subject to this restriction are contained in Pages 1-12"
“Army Special Forces may find themselves involved in operations in unsophisticated environments. In many of these environments, the indigenous populations use pack animal transportation. Therefore, it may not be possible to use air or ground mobility to move supplies and equipment to the desired locations”.
Donkey, Burro, Mule and Yak
The economy of the developing world is carried on their backs
2000 U.S. Army Field Manual 31-27, USE OF PACK ANIMNALS IN SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS
2004 - FM 3-05.213 “SPECIAL FORCES USE OF PACK ANIMALS” PHOTOGRAPHS OF PACK SADDLES
SAWBUCK PACK SADDLE DECKER PACK SADDLE
SOF 2004 FM 213 SHOULDER FIRED MISSILE PACK
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT D-RING MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT DBL D-RING PADEYE
COTTER PIN FASTENER SYSTEM
SOF CURRENT PACK SADDLE INVENTORY
QUICK RELEASE CAM ADJUST CINCH CLOSED
QUICK RELEASE CAM ADJUST CINCH OPEN
PACK ANIMALS ARE COMBAT MULTIPLIERS! “Pack animals have been used in warfare for thousands of years and have the potential to play a vital role in current military operations in the modern age, especially in places like Afghanistan where the terrain makes it impossible for Humvees or helos to reach.
Horses, mules and donkeys are combat multipliers for the Marines in Afghanistan. “The enemy uses them for a simple reason, they are proven to work where modern technologies fail. We are using them in theater for the same reason.”
Staff Sgt. Morlock, U.S. Marine Corps, Afghanistan 2005
SOF “WARRIOR SYSTEM” AREA OF INTEREST •
“Reduce the load, increase the performance of the operator”
RAPIDITY, UNDETECTABILITY, HIGH PAYLOAD, HIGH ENDURANCE, LONG RANGE/LOITER, SPEED
How much does it cost? DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURING Quality, Price, Speed & Quantity
The Modular Animal Mobility Platform (MAMP) is “designed for manufacturing” employing injection molding, extrusion and metal stamping, permitting ‐ HIGH VOLUME /LOW COST manufacturing. The contract price depends on the Specific System, Material, Quantity and Delivery Date.
That said, the basic MAMP pack frame comprises only 5 ASSEMBLIES created from 10 BASIC PARTS. The system is currently developed to Technical Readiness Level 5 – (TRL 5) ‐ all basic systems proven in a controlled environment. The system is currently ready to be refined for manufacturing, employing Finite Element Analysis, Computer Aided Mold Design, and field testing.
Compared to a foot soldier laboring under a PACK LOAD, a foot soldier with a PACK ANIMAL: RAPIDITY: UNDETECTABILITY: HIGH PAYLOAD: HIGH ENDURANCE: PRECISION: LONG RANGE: GREATER LOITER: HIGH SPEED:
CAN MOVE MORE SWIFTLY and therefore be able TO CREATE TACTICAL SURPRISE. CAN MOVE MORE COVERTLY than mechanized equipment such as a Tank or Helicopter. CAN CARRY MORE PAYLOAD. A Foot Soldier can carry < 90lbs. A pack animal can carry > 200 lbs. CAN CARRY PAYLOAD LONGER. A Pack animal can carry 200 lbs for 10 hours, day after day. CAN EXTEND THE MISSION animal injury is reduced with an “accurately fit” pack saddle. HAS A LONGER RANGE than a pack animal with a poorly fitting pack saddle, providing greater endurance. PROVIDES GREATER LOITER by living off the land the mission can be EXTENDED INDEFINITELY. CAN MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER and for a longer period of time.
2
Who is the Principal Investigator? ROBERT FERRAND – INVENTOR
¾ SADDLETECH
30+ Human Medical Related Patents: U.S. Patent # 5,023,967, # 5,138,729, # 5,279,010, # 5,323,500, # 5,375,397, # 5,802,640, # 5,906,016, # 5,906,017, # 6,438,776, # 6,668,408, # 6,941,598 and respective International Patents. 4+ Animal and Saddle Related Patents: 1994 U.S. Patent # 5,375,397 “CURVE-CONFORMING SENSOR ARRAY PAD AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SADDLE PRESSURES ON A HORSE” 2002 U.S. Patent # 6,334,262 “GAUGE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ANIMAL BACKS AND SADDLES” 2005 U.S. Patent # 6,948,256 “SADDLE SUPPORT DEVICE AND ADJUSTABLE FORM JIG AND METHOD TO CORRECT FOR THE VARIATION BETWEEN ANIMAL BACKS AND SADDLES” 2007 PCT/US08/069820 “LOAD BEARING FRAME APPARATUS FOR PACK ANIMALS” 2011 Patents Pending “MODULAR ANIMAL MOBILITY PLATFORM AND METHODS OF CALIBRATION AND ASSEMBLY”
11
AMERICA WAS LITERALLY BUILT BY THE HORSE, MULE AND OXEN THE SAME STRATEGY COULD WORK IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
By eluding Coalition Forces, for almost a decade, Osama Bin Laden, a horseman, has proven that engaging Special Forces in mountainous terrain where supply can only be performed by air drops, pack animals and the brute strength of the SOF OPERATOR, places the U.S. Military at a technological disadvantage.
MAMP 2011 SHOULDER FIRED MISSILE RACK
3 – M2A1 AMMUNITION BOXES
Civil Affair Upside Opportunity BOTTLES TO BURROS
FM 3-05.213 / Sec. 5-12 “FITTING AND ADJUSTING THE SADDLE”
In many Developing countries, the donkey is the basis for the economy, which is why there are 1,500,000 donkeys in Afghanistan. There are also 100,000,000 pack animals distributed throughout the developing world, today.
“Improper adjustment may cause injury to the animal or may affect the time and distance the animal can carry its load.”
The Livestock, in particular the donkey, of the small peasant farmer represents their total realizable wealth. The donkey is the work animal that has the most to offer in assisting rural people and alleviating poverty. Unfortunately, Gravity and Tissue Physiology require that Pack Saddles, used on these donkeys to build the economy, so that poverty can be reduced, must “FIT” the animal backs “accurately”. As the Army FM 213 stated, “Improper adjustment may cause injury to the animal and affect the time a distance the animal can carry its load.” If the saddles do not fit “accurately”, saddle sores will likely occur. Once the animal develops a saddle sore, it can no longer carry a load. In Developing Countries, this often means the animal is abandoned and left to starve and die, and the farmer’s wealth is lost, and the economy is being impaired. In Afghanistan, the donkey is the transportation network. The “Bottles to Burros” tm Program could provide the MAMP pack saddles to indigenous populations by “RECYCLING” beverage containers, and military equipment plastic containers, brought into country to supply the troops and now becoming land fill. This “waste” raw material could be converted into MAMP pack saddles, at a low cost, improving the transportation system and in turn the economy. The “Bottles to Burros” tm Program could be expanded to provide a “cottage industry” to build the economy. This program would be similar to the 1950’s “Care packages” and could provide a significant “Civil Affairs” opportunity for the United States to “Win Hearts and Minds”
TRUE, however, this U.S Army Field Manual 3-05.213 does NOT explain HOW TO FIT THE SADDLE to the animal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Army has never had an “accurate method” to measure Saddle Fit BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS DID NOT EXIST UNTIL RECENTLY
The current commercial understanding of saddle fit assumes that the shape of the mirror image of the animal’s back is the preferred saddle shape, however, employing “State‐of‐the‐Art” saddle measurement this has proven N NOT TO BE TRUE..
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5
WHY? “Because the “force of gravity” causes the “three dimensional shape” of the animal’s back to bend, a “MEASUREABLE” amount, under the weight of the load and causes the saddle that “appears” to fit without a load, to actually NOT FIT under load.
10
MAMP COMPUTER INTERFACE PRESSURE SCAN
Why?
Historically, the U.S. Cavalry only employed “Adjustable” Pack Saddles. i.e. Aparajo and Philips Pack Saddle SOF mostly employs pack saddles that are “Limited or NOT Adjustable” that rarely fit, because that is what is available. It is mathematically impossible for one or two sizes of pack saddles to fit the wide variety of animal back shapes. “Recreational Saddle makers” do not consider “Gravity” a factor, so they provide everyone inaccurate “Fitting” information. The U.S. Military does not currently possess any “accurate method” to numerically measure and validate the fit of a saddle.
T R L 5 – S ys t e m o r P ro t o t yp e V a l i d a t i o n i n L a b o r at o r y E n vi r o n m e n t
The base “Load Distribution Array” (LDA) has been tested in the Laboratory and in a controlled field environment with Computer Interface Pressure Measurement Instruments. These tests have proven to evenly distribute the saddle/load pressure evenly on the animal’s back with loads as high as 158Kg/350lbs. These Pressures were found to be lower than current saddle technology, less than 1 PSI, in part due to the greater surface area of the LDA, more than double the surface of current pack saddles and due to the “self‐ adjustable” load beams that conform to the shape of the animal’s back more accurately.
WATER, FUEL & AMMUNITION
M ISSION C RITICAL MISSION CRITICAL NO SOLUTION!
3 DIMENSIONAL ANIMAL & SADDLE MEASUREMENT
U.S. Patent #6,334,262
How Much Damage?
“The “measureable” amount is difference between the 3D shape of the animal’s back relative to the 3D shape of the saddle, adjusting for the weight of the load, relative to the weight of the animal. The degree of tissue injury is proportional to the amount of “measureable error” and the length of time the pack saddle is loaded on the animal’s back. The amount of Pressure over Time is the critical factor to determine damage.
COMPUTER SADDLE INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
Robert Ferrand, Inventor & MAMP Principal Investigator
3
M O D U L A R A N I M A L M O B I L I T Y P L AT F O R M ( M A M P ) I S :
A F I E L D C O N F I G U R A B L E PA C K S A D D L E E R E C TO R S E T. MOVE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME BY ANIMAL
SADDLE DESIGNED TO EMPLOY: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS RAPID PROTOTYPE THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT VALIDATION INJECTION MOLDING, EXTRUSION AND METAL STAMPING PRODUCT LIFE MANAGEMENT
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
PHILLIPS PACK SADDLE 1924
MAMP PACK SADDLE 2011
THE FIRST PACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
SIEMENS TEAMCENTER PRODUCT LIFE MANAGEMENT WHAT IS THE MAMP SYSTEM? The MAMP Pack Saddle is the proud successor to the Phillips Pack Saddle, providing all the same features as the original, and has the additional improvement of employing modern Computer Aid Design, Finite Element Analysis, Saddle Interface Pressure measurement and modern manufacturing processes, integral to the design. In 1919, the U.S. Army had a desperate need for a simple pack saddle that was 1) easy to use, 2) packed quickly, and 3) could accompany cavalry at all gaits. This challenge motivated the military to test nearly every standard foreign and domestic pack saddle of the time, including the pack saddle that SOF currently employs. This research culminated with the Phillips Pack Saddle being adopted for the Cavalry service in 1924. This saddle is no longer manufactured. The MAMP pack saddle is its successor.
Designed with FEA
COMPUTER INTERFACE PRESSURE VALIDATION
PACK SADDLE DESIGNED WITH CAD / FEA
MAMP PACK SADDLE ‐ 2010
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
The MAMP pack saddle is the first pack saddle designed to employ State‐of‐the‐Art Siemens NX7.5 computer aided design and finite element analysis software and rapid prototyping three dimensional printing. This technology did not exist in 1924, when the U.S. Cavalry designed the Phillips Pack Saddle. This modern Computer Aided Design permits Design for Manufacturing and multifunction capabilities.
PHILIPS PACK SADDLE ‐1924
Teamcenter - Product Life management
Why is the MAMP system so different?
RECYLED PLASTIC EXTRUSION & ALUMINUM STAMPING - HIGH VOLUME / LOW COST,
NO FITTING & NO KNOTS The MAMP pack saddle incorporates a revolutionary “load distribution array” that “SELF‐ADJUSTS” to a wide variety of animal back shapes virtually eliminating the need to “Measure” and “fit” the saddle. NO FITTING REQUIRED The MAMP pack saddle also employs a number of “Multifunction‐Cleats” and “Pad‐Eyes”. These attachments permit anchor points for a wide variety of ropes, hitch pins, D‐rings to be secured. The multi‐function hardware permits “Hangers” and various unusual cargo to be secured. NO KNOTS REQUIRED LEAF SPRING LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
P E RM I T T I N G : N O K N O T S , N O F I T T IN G , N O T R AI N I N G
With over 100,000,000 pack animals in the developing world, the market for this MAMP pack saddle is virtually unlimited. The challenge is “manufacturing” the components at extra ordinary high volumes and at the lowest possible cost. Managing this product life cycle, made from virgin as well as recycled plastics requires “engineering” product management. Saddletech Military Systems has met that challenge by implementing the most advanced Product Life Management software, available….SIEMENS TEAMCENTER. MULTI‐FUNCTION CLEAT & PAD EYE ATTACH TO ANIMAL WITH QUICK RELEASE GIRTH
MAMP provides an integrated modular hanger. For centuries, armies have tied loads onto pack saddles, because there was no other way to do it. In 1908, U.S. Army chief packer Daly, invented the “Hanger” to attach a wide variety of loads without the necessity for tying knots. The MAMP pack saddle, follows the Army’s invention, and employs a modular hanger that has a base “flat bed” that can be adapted to a wide variety of loads, and permits additional components to be attached to this flat bed with simple pins that permits stretchers, Javelin missiles and other field configurable cargos to be easily loaded. SHOULDER LAUNCHED MISSILE RACK
4
Objective Computer Interface Pressure Validation MAMP PACK SADDLE WAS DESIGNED EMPLOYING OBJECTIVE METRICS
FUEL, WATER & AMMUNITION
ORIGINAL SADDLE SENSOR 1992
Today, “Recreational Saddle Makers” claim they know how to fit saddles, but not one provides any supporting interface pressure measurement validation. In contrast, the Principal Investigator and Inventor of the MAMP pack saddle, actually invented the world’s first, objective COMPUTER SADDLE INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, 20 years ago, 1994 U.S. Patent # 5,375,397. The MAMP pack saddle is the first saddle that employs computer interface pressure measurement for objective validation.
9
MAMP SADDLE PRESSURE SCAN
FIRST PACK SADDLE WITH A “CALIBRATED” SELF-ADJUSTING LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY SO THAT THE SADDLE DOES NOT NEED TO BE FIT TO THE ANIMAL.
“We have forgotten that in all of the Third World countries that we operate in, 90 percent of the local supplies … are moved not by motorized vehicles, but by animals.” Maj. Gary M. Brennis, SOF chief of training 2002
MULTI-FUNCTION HANGER LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
BOTTLED WATER HANGER MISSILE / MACHINE GUN HANGER NO KNOTS
NO KNOTS
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT
NO KNOTS
No Knots Self Adjusting Load Distribution Array
KNOTS ARE CHALLENGING TO LEARN…
The “self‐adjusting load distribution array” is a revolutionary new method to fit a wide variety of animals by creating a series of cascading load beams and leaf springs. By employing interface pressure “measurement” and finite element analysis the load beams and leaf springs can be “calibrated” to the “range of the weight” of the load. In this manner, the “Array” conforms to the shape of the animal’s back without being “FIT” to the animal. NO FITTING REQUIRED
AND ARE SLOW TO TIE IN THE FIELD UNDER FIRE
CLEATS INTEGRATED INTO FRAME
LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
“The fit of the saddle for a horse, is as important as the fit of the shoe is for a soldier”.
BOTH THE LENGTH OF THE FRAME & BEARING SURFACE OF THE ARRAY ARE ADJUSTABLE
Javelin Missiles, Evacuation Litters or anything else
MISSILE RACK
Attaching special cargo items, such as Javelin Missiles, MedEvac Litters or any of a wide variety of different cargo is virtually impossible with currently available “Recreational” pack saddles, because there are no side supports to be able to be able to stabilized the unstable load, such as one or two injured soldiers. In contrast, 100 years ago, the Army, attached litters, cannons, radio transmitters to the Aparajo. 75 years ago, the same was true of the Philips pack Saddles. The MAMP pack saddle anticipates such contingencies with accessories which can be attached to the pack frame and stabilize unstable loads by providing side supports and a pack frame that completely covers the animal’s back 8
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT & D‐RING
No Fitting
Field Configurable to Fit Many Sizes of Animals The Load Distribution Array adjusts to a small arc of the compound curve of the 3 PAD animal back. The actual size of the frame and the length of the Bearing surface can also be easily adjusted. This adjustability permits the MAMP saddle components to WE TAKE A TEAM APPROACH TO ADVISING CLIENTS ON THE RIGHT INVESTING STRATEGIES 9 In. AND be field‐configurable to a wide variety of different pack animals. This major adjusted 12 In. DEVELOPING can A SOUND FINANCIAL PLAN. be easily performed by cutting the .080 aluminum frame with tin snips and by 4 PAD repositioning the pads on the load beam from a 4 pad / 12 inch configuration to a 3 Pad / 9 inch configuration. Donkey, Burro, Mule, Yak all can be fit with the same CUT WITH TIN SNIPS MAMP pack saddle. VARIABLE LENGTH BEARING SURFACE
In contrast, the MAMP system employs “Multifunction Cleats” and “Pad eyes” attached to the “pack frame”. By employing cotter pins, hitch pins and D‐Rings a wide variety of cargo can be secured to the pack frame by just wrapping the rope around the cleat, using a pin to secure a hanger or clip a carabineer to a D‐ring. NO KNOTS REQUIRED
1942 - 1ST C AV ALRY “P ACK TR ANSPORT ATION” TR AI NI NG FILM
2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 32
Despite the claims made by modern so‐called “saddle fitting experts” the truth is: IT IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A “NON‐ADJUSTABLE” SADDLE MADE TO ONE SIZE TO FIT MOST ANIMALS. A Simple calculation: if you cut the animal’s back into only 3 sections that would simply require at least 32 different saddle shapes. (See illustration) 1 S SHAPE CANNOT POSSIBLY FIT 32 SHAPES. In contrast, the MAMP pack saddle employs an array of “self‐adjusting” cascading load beams and leaf springs to EVENLY distribute the weight of the pack load onto the animal’s back. The accuracy of this saddle fit can be ”calibrated” and objectively validated by employing computer saddle interface pressure measurement. NO FITTING REQUIRED
CASCADING LEAF SPRING ARRAY
MAMP PRESSURE SCAN
No Training Two of the most challenging aspects of Pack Animal Transportation training are “Fitting the Saddle” and Learning the “Knots” required to tie the load to the pack saddle and keeping it secure on the trail over time. In contrast, the MAMP pack saddle is the State‐of‐the‐Art pack saddle developed specifically for the Special Forces, using Computer Aid Design and Proprietary technology, so that training is NOT REQUIRED, because the design of the system is so simple that anyone can use it right out of the box. NO TRAINING REQUIRED SOF PACK SADDLE TRAINING
CAD FUTURE LITTER RACK
5
Modul ar Anim al Mobility Pl atform “MAMP”
MAMP BASE FLATBED
MAMP FLATBED & MANTEE
LEGACY DECKER CONVERSION LEGACY SAWBUCK CONVERSION
LEGACY BOX SLING LOAD
A F IELD CO NFIGURABLE PA C K S A D D L E E R E C TO R S E T
NO FITTING - NO KNOTS - NO TRAINING
S SO OFF 22000044 ““SAW SAWB BU UC CK K””
M MA AM MP P 22001111 48 ‐ .5 Liter Bottle Water Total Pack Load (TPL) 77Kg/170Lbs 4 Cases H2O @14Kg/30lbs./Case = 54Kg/120lbs Saddle 11Kg/25lbs + 2 Hangers 11Kg/25lbs = 22Kg/50lbs
Shoulder Fired Missile Rack MAMP Frame & Back Pack & Duffle Total Pack Load (TPL) = 95Kg/210Lbs TPL = 2 x Back Pack 36Kg/80lbs Saddle 11Kg/25lbs + 2 Hangers 11Kg/25lbs = 22Kg/50lbs
Total Pack Load (TPL) 81Kg/180Lbs
3 - 20 Liter Water Jugs Total Pack Load (TPL) 104Kg/230Lbs 3 x 2 Jugs@45lbs/Jug = 90 lbs = 180 Saddle 11Kg/25lbs + 2 Hangers 11Kg/25lbs = 22Kg/50lbs
2 x 3 MSA1 ‐ 100 round box@ 16Kg/35lbs/box = 47g/105lbs Saddle 11Kg/25lbs + 2 Hangers 11Kg/25lbs = 22Kg/50lbs
HEAD
HEAD HEAD
HEAD
HEAD
50 Cal. M2A1 Ammunition Box Total Pack Load (TPL) = 117Kg/260Lbs
2 Missiles @ 18.2Kg/40lbs/Missile = 37Kg/80 lbs Saddle 11Kg/25lbs + 2 Hangers 11Kg/25lbs = 22Kg/50lbs
HEAD
HEAD
HEAD
HEAD
HEAD
RED High Pressure Very Dangerous
SADDLE INTERFACE PRESSURE COLOR LEGEND
Sawbuck Pack Saddle Pressure Scan
Lower Pressure Less Dangerous
MAMP Pressure Scan TLP = 91Kg/200Lbs. Load
BLUE MAMP Pressure Scan
TLP = 68Kg/150Lbs. Load
Sawbuck Pack Saddle Pressure Scan
Sawbuck Pack Saddle Pressure Scan
6
MAMP Pressure Scan TLP = 113Kg/250Lbs. Load
Sawbuck Pack Saddle Pressure Scan
Sawbuck Pack Saddle Pressure Scan
MAMP Pressure Scan TLP = 136Kg/300Lbs. Load
M MO OV VE EA AN NY YT TH HIIN NG G,, A AN NY YW WH HE ER RE E,, A AN NY YT TIIM ME EB BY YA AN NIIM MA AL L
7
MAMP Pressure Scan TLP = 158Kg/350Lbs. Load
FIRST PACK SADDLE WITH A “CALIBRATED” SELF-ADJUSTING LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY SO THAT THE SADDLE DOES NOT NEED TO BE FIT TO THE ANIMAL.
“We have forgotten that in all of the Third World countries that we operate in, 90 percent of the local supplies … are moved not by motorized vehicles, but by animals.” Maj. Gary M. Brennis, SOF chief of training 2002
MULTI-FUNCTION HANGER LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
BOTTLED WATER HANGER MISSILE / MACHINE GUN HANGER NO KNOTS
NO KNOTS
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT
NO KNOTS
No Knots Self Adjusting Load Distribution Array
KNOTS ARE CHALLENGING TO LEARN…
The “self‐adjusting load distribution array” is a revolutionary new method to fit a wide variety of animals by creating a series of cascading load beams and leaf springs. By employing interface pressure “measurement” and finite element analysis the load beams and leaf springs can be “calibrated” to the “range of the weight” of the load. In this manner, the “Array” conforms to the shape of the animal’s back without being “FIT” to the animal. NO FITTING REQUIRED
AND ARE SLOW TO TIE IN THE FIELD UNDER FIRE
CLEATS INTEGRATED INTO FRAME
LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
“The fit of the saddle for a horse, is as important as the fit of the shoe is for a soldier”.
BOTH THE LENGTH OF THE FRAME & BEARING SURFACE OF THE ARRAY ARE ADJUSTABLE
Javelin Missiles, Evacuation Litters or anything else
MISSILE RACK
Attaching special cargo items, such as Javelin Missiles, MedEvac Litters or any of a wide variety of different cargo is virtually impossible with currently available “Recreational” pack saddles, because there are no side supports to be able to be able to stabilized the unstable load, such as one or two injured soldiers. In contrast, 100 years ago, the Army, attached litters, cannons, radio transmitters to the Aparajo. 75 years ago, the same was true of the Philips pack Saddles. The MAMP pack saddle anticipates such contingencies with accessories which can be attached to the pack frame and stabilize unstable loads by providing side supports and a pack frame that completely covers the animal’s back 8
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT & D‐RING
No Fitting
Field Configurable to Fit Many Sizes of Animals The Load Distribution Array adjusts to a small arc of the compound curve of the 3 PAD animal back. The actual size of the frame and the length of the Bearing surface can also be easily adjusted. This adjustability permits the MAMP saddle components to WE TAKE A TEAM APPROACH TO ADVISING CLIENTS ON THE RIGHT INVESTING STRATEGIES 9 In. AND be field‐configurable to a wide variety of different pack animals. This major adjusted 12 In. DEVELOPING can A SOUND FINANCIAL PLAN. be easily performed by cutting the .080 aluminum frame with tin snips and by 4 PAD repositioning the pads on the load beam from a 4 pad / 12 inch configuration to a 3 Pad / 9 inch configuration. Donkey, Burro, Mule, Yak all can be fit with the same CUT WITH TIN SNIPS MAMP pack saddle. VARIABLE LENGTH BEARING SURFACE
In contrast, the MAMP system employs “Multifunction Cleats” and “Pad eyes” attached to the “pack frame”. By employing cotter pins, hitch pins and D‐Rings a wide variety of cargo can be secured to the pack frame by just wrapping the rope around the cleat, using a pin to secure a hanger or clip a carabineer to a D‐ring. NO KNOTS REQUIRED
1942 - 1ST C AV ALRY “P ACK TR ANSPORT ATION” TR AI NI NG FILM
2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 32
Despite the claims made by modern so‐called “saddle fitting experts” the truth is: IT IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A “NON‐ADJUSTABLE” SADDLE MADE TO ONE SIZE TO FIT MOST ANIMALS. A Simple calculation: if you cut the animal’s back into only 3 sections that would simply require at least 32 different saddle shapes. (See illustration) 1 S SHAPE CANNOT POSSIBLY FIT 32 SHAPES. In contrast, the MAMP pack saddle employs an array of “self‐adjusting” cascading load beams and leaf springs to EVENLY distribute the weight of the pack load onto the animal’s back. The accuracy of this saddle fit can be ”calibrated” and objectively validated by employing computer saddle interface pressure measurement. NO FITTING REQUIRED
CASCADING LEAF SPRING ARRAY
MAMP PRESSURE SCAN
No Training Two of the most challenging aspects of Pack Animal Transportation training are “Fitting the Saddle” and Learning the “Knots” required to tie the load to the pack saddle and keeping it secure on the trail over time. In contrast, the MAMP pack saddle is the State‐of‐the‐Art pack saddle developed specifically for the Special Forces, using Computer Aid Design and Proprietary technology, so that training is NOT REQUIRED, because the design of the system is so simple that anyone can use it right out of the box. NO TRAINING REQUIRED SOF PACK SADDLE TRAINING
CAD FUTURE LITTER RACK
5
M O D U L A R A N I M A L M O B I L I T Y P L AT F O R M ( M A M P ) I S :
A F I E L D C O N F I G U R A B L E PA C K S A D D L E E R E C TO R S E T. MOVE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME BY ANIMAL
SADDLE DESIGNED TO EMPLOY: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS RAPID PROTOTYPE THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT VALIDATION INJECTION MOLDING, EXTRUSION AND METAL STAMPING PRODUCT LIFE MANAGEMENT
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
PHILLIPS PACK SADDLE 1924
MAMP PACK SADDLE 2011
THE FIRST PACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
SIEMENS TEAMCENTER PRODUCT LIFE MANAGEMENT WHAT IS THE MAMP SYSTEM? The MAMP Pack Saddle is the proud successor to the Phillips Pack Saddle, providing all the same features as the original, and has the additional improvement of employing modern Computer Aid Design, Finite Element Analysis, Saddle Interface Pressure measurement and modern manufacturing processes, integral to the design. In 1919, the U.S. Army had a desperate need for a simple pack saddle that was 1) easy to use, 2) packed quickly, and 3) could accompany cavalry at all gaits. This challenge motivated the military to test nearly every standard foreign and domestic pack saddle of the time, including the pack saddle that SOF currently employs. This research culminated with the Phillips Pack Saddle being adopted for the Cavalry service in 1924. This saddle is no longer manufactured. The MAMP pack saddle is its successor.
Designed with FEA
COMPUTER INTERFACE PRESSURE VALIDATION
PACK SADDLE DESIGNED WITH CAD / FEA
MAMP PACK SADDLE ‐ 2010
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
The MAMP pack saddle is the first pack saddle designed to employ State‐of‐the‐Art Siemens NX7.5 computer aided design and finite element analysis software and rapid prototyping three dimensional printing. This technology did not exist in 1924, when the U.S. Cavalry designed the Phillips Pack Saddle. This modern Computer Aided Design permits Design for Manufacturing and multifunction capabilities.
PHILIPS PACK SADDLE ‐1924
Teamcenter - Product Life management
Why is the MAMP system so different?
RECYLED PLASTIC EXTRUSION & ALUMINUM STAMPING - HIGH VOLUME / LOW COST,
NO FITTING & NO KNOTS The MAMP pack saddle incorporates a revolutionary “load distribution array” that “SELF‐ADJUSTS” to a wide variety of animal back shapes virtually eliminating the need to “Measure” and “fit” the saddle. NO FITTING REQUIRED The MAMP pack saddle also employs a number of “Multifunction‐Cleats” and “Pad‐Eyes”. These attachments permit anchor points for a wide variety of ropes, hitch pins, D‐rings to be secured. The multi‐function hardware permits “Hangers” and various unusual cargo to be secured. NO KNOTS REQUIRED LEAF SPRING LOAD DISTRIBUTION ARRAY
P E RM I T T I N G : N O K N O T S , N O F I T T IN G , N O T R AI N I N G
With over 100,000,000 pack animals in the developing world, the market for this MAMP pack saddle is virtually unlimited. The challenge is “manufacturing” the components at extra ordinary high volumes and at the lowest possible cost. Managing this product life cycle, made from virgin as well as recycled plastics requires “engineering” product management. Saddletech Military Systems has met that challenge by implementing the most advanced Product Life Management software, available….SIEMENS TEAMCENTER. MULTI‐FUNCTION CLEAT & PAD EYE ATTACH TO ANIMAL WITH QUICK RELEASE GIRTH
MAMP provides an integrated modular hanger. For centuries, armies have tied loads onto pack saddles, because there was no other way to do it. In 1908, U.S. Army chief packer Daly, invented the “Hanger” to attach a wide variety of loads without the necessity for tying knots. The MAMP pack saddle, follows the Army’s invention, and employs a modular hanger that has a base “flat bed” that can be adapted to a wide variety of loads, and permits additional components to be attached to this flat bed with simple pins that permits stretchers, Javelin missiles and other field configurable cargos to be easily loaded. SHOULDER LAUNCHED MISSILE RACK
4
Objective Computer Interface Pressure Validation MAMP PACK SADDLE WAS DESIGNED EMPLOYING OBJECTIVE METRICS
FUEL, WATER & AMMUNITION
ORIGINAL SADDLE SENSOR 1992
Today, “Recreational Saddle Makers” claim they know how to fit saddles, but not one provides any supporting interface pressure measurement validation. In contrast, the Principal Investigator and Inventor of the MAMP pack saddle, actually invented the world’s first, objective COMPUTER SADDLE INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, 20 years ago, 1994 U.S. Patent # 5,375,397. The MAMP pack saddle is the first saddle that employs computer interface pressure measurement for objective validation.
9
MAMP SADDLE PRESSURE SCAN
AMERICA WAS LITERALLY BUILT BY THE HORSE, MULE AND OXEN THE SAME STRATEGY COULD WORK IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
By eluding Coalition Forces, for almost a decade, Osama Bin Laden, a horseman, has proven that engaging Special Forces in mountainous terrain where supply can only be performed by air drops, pack animals and the brute strength of the SOF OPERATOR, places the U.S. Military at a technological disadvantage.
MAMP 2011 SHOULDER FIRED MISSILE RACK
3 – M2A1 AMMUNITION BOXES
Civil Affair Upside Opportunity BOTTLES TO BURROS
FM 3-05.213 / Sec. 5-12 “FITTING AND ADJUSTING THE SADDLE”
In many Developing countries, the donkey is the basis for the economy, which is why there are 1,500,000 donkeys in Afghanistan. There are also 100,000,000 pack animals distributed throughout the developing world, today.
“Improper adjustment may cause injury to the animal or may affect the time and distance the animal can carry its load.”
The Livestock, in particular the donkey, of the small peasant farmer represents their total realizable wealth. The donkey is the work animal that has the most to offer in assisting rural people and alleviating poverty. Unfortunately, Gravity and Tissue Physiology require that Pack Saddles, used on these donkeys to build the economy, so that poverty can be reduced, must “FIT” the animal backs “accurately”. As the Army FM 213 stated, “Improper adjustment may cause injury to the animal and affect the time a distance the animal can carry its load.” If the saddles do not fit “accurately”, saddle sores will likely occur. Once the animal develops a saddle sore, it can no longer carry a load. In Developing Countries, this often means the animal is abandoned and left to starve and die, and the farmer’s wealth is lost, and the economy is being impaired. In Afghanistan, the donkey is the transportation network. The “Bottles to Burros” tm Program could provide the MAMP pack saddles to indigenous populations by “RECYCLING” beverage containers, and military equipment plastic containers, brought into country to supply the troops and now becoming land fill. This “waste” raw material could be converted into MAMP pack saddles, at a low cost, improving the transportation system and in turn the economy. The “Bottles to Burros” tm Program could be expanded to provide a “cottage industry” to build the economy. This program would be similar to the 1950’s “Care packages” and could provide a significant “Civil Affairs” opportunity for the United States to “Win Hearts and Minds”
TRUE, however, this U.S Army Field Manual 3-05.213 does NOT explain HOW TO FIT THE SADDLE to the animal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Army has never had an “accurate method” to measure Saddle Fit BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS DID NOT EXIST UNTIL RECENTLY
The current commercial understanding of saddle fit assumes that the shape of the mirror image of the animal’s back is the preferred saddle shape, however, employing “State‐of‐the‐Art” saddle measurement this has proven N NOT TO BE TRUE..
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5
WHY? “Because the “force of gravity” causes the “three dimensional shape” of the animal’s back to bend, a “MEASUREABLE” amount, under the weight of the load and causes the saddle that “appears” to fit without a load, to actually NOT FIT under load.
10
MAMP COMPUTER INTERFACE PRESSURE SCAN
Why?
Historically, the U.S. Cavalry only employed “Adjustable” Pack Saddles. i.e. Aparajo and Philips Pack Saddle SOF mostly employs pack saddles that are “Limited or NOT Adjustable” that rarely fit, because that is what is available. It is mathematically impossible for one or two sizes of pack saddles to fit the wide variety of animal back shapes. “Recreational Saddle makers” do not consider “Gravity” a factor, so they provide everyone inaccurate “Fitting” information. The U.S. Military does not currently possess any “accurate method” to numerically measure and validate the fit of a saddle.
T R L 5 – S ys t e m o r P ro t o t yp e V a l i d a t i o n i n L a b o r at o r y E n vi r o n m e n t
The base “Load Distribution Array” (LDA) has been tested in the Laboratory and in a controlled field environment with Computer Interface Pressure Measurement Instruments. These tests have proven to evenly distribute the saddle/load pressure evenly on the animal’s back with loads as high as 158Kg/350lbs. These Pressures were found to be lower than current saddle technology, less than 1 PSI, in part due to the greater surface area of the LDA, more than double the surface of current pack saddles and due to the “self‐ adjustable” load beams that conform to the shape of the animal’s back more accurately.
WATER, FUEL & AMMUNITION
M ISSION C RITICAL MISSION CRITICAL NO SOLUTION!
3 DIMENSIONAL ANIMAL & SADDLE MEASUREMENT
U.S. Patent #6,334,262
How Much Damage?
“The “measureable” amount is difference between the 3D shape of the animal’s back relative to the 3D shape of the saddle, adjusting for the weight of the load, relative to the weight of the animal. The degree of tissue injury is proportional to the amount of “measureable error” and the length of time the pack saddle is loaded on the animal’s back. The amount of Pressure over Time is the critical factor to determine damage.
COMPUTER SADDLE INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
Robert Ferrand, Inventor & MAMP Principal Investigator
3
“Army Special Forces may find themselves involved in operations in unsophisticated environments. In many of these environments, the indigenous populations use pack animal transportation. Therefore, it may not be possible to use air or ground mobility to move supplies and equipment to the desired locations”.
Donkey, Burro, Mule and Yak
The economy of the developing world is carried on their backs
2000 U.S. Army Field Manual 31-27, USE OF PACK ANIMNALS IN SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS
2004 - FM 3-05.213 “SPECIAL FORCES USE OF PACK ANIMALS” PHOTOGRAPHS OF PACK SADDLES
SAWBUCK PACK SADDLE DECKER PACK SADDLE
SOF 2004 FM 213 SHOULDER FIRED MISSILE PACK
MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT D-RING MULTIFUNCTION CLEAT DBL D-RING PADEYE
COTTER PIN FASTENER SYSTEM
SOF CURRENT PACK SADDLE INVENTORY
QUICK RELEASE CAM ADJUST CINCH CLOSED
QUICK RELEASE CAM ADJUST CINCH OPEN
PACK ANIMALS ARE COMBAT MULTIPLIERS! “Pack animals have been used in warfare for thousands of years and have the potential to play a vital role in current military operations in the modern age, especially in places like Afghanistan where the terrain makes it impossible for Humvees or helos to reach.
Horses, mules and donkeys are combat multipliers for the Marines in Afghanistan. “The enemy uses them for a simple reason, they are proven to work where modern technologies fail. We are using them in theater for the same reason.”
Staff Sgt. Morlock, U.S. Marine Corps, Afghanistan 2005
SOF “WARRIOR SYSTEM” AREA OF INTEREST •
“Reduce the load, increase the performance of the operator”
RAPIDITY, UNDETECTABILITY, HIGH PAYLOAD, HIGH ENDURANCE, LONG RANGE/LOITER, SPEED
How much does it cost? DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURING Quality, Price, Speed & Quantity
The Modular Animal Mobility Platform (MAMP) is “designed for manufacturing” employing injection molding, extrusion and metal stamping, permitting ‐ HIGH VOLUME /LOW COST manufacturing. The contract price depends on the Specific System, Material, Quantity and Delivery Date.
That said, the basic MAMP pack frame comprises only 5 ASSEMBLIES created from 10 BASIC PARTS. The system is currently developed to Technical Readiness Level 5 – (TRL 5) ‐ all basic systems proven in a controlled environment. The system is currently ready to be refined for manufacturing, employing Finite Element Analysis, Computer Aided Mold Design, and field testing.
Compared to a foot soldier laboring under a PACK LOAD, a foot soldier with a PACK ANIMAL: RAPIDITY: UNDETECTABILITY: HIGH PAYLOAD: HIGH ENDURANCE: PRECISION: LONG RANGE: GREATER LOITER: HIGH SPEED:
CAN MOVE MORE SWIFTLY and therefore be able TO CREATE TACTICAL SURPRISE. CAN MOVE MORE COVERTLY than mechanized equipment such as a Tank or Helicopter. CAN CARRY MORE PAYLOAD. A Foot Soldier can carry < 90lbs. A pack animal can carry > 200 lbs. CAN CARRY PAYLOAD LONGER. A Pack animal can carry 200 lbs for 10 hours, day after day. CAN EXTEND THE MISSION animal injury is reduced with an “accurately fit” pack saddle. HAS A LONGER RANGE than a pack animal with a poorly fitting pack saddle, providing greater endurance. PROVIDES GREATER LOITER by living off the land the mission can be EXTENDED INDEFINITELY. CAN MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER and for a longer period of time.
2
Who is the Principal Investigator? ROBERT FERRAND – INVENTOR
¾ SADDLETECH
30+ Human Medical Related Patents: U.S. Patent # 5,023,967, # 5,138,729, # 5,279,010, # 5,323,500, # 5,375,397, # 5,802,640, # 5,906,016, # 5,906,017, # 6,438,776, # 6,668,408, # 6,941,598 and respective International Patents. 4+ Animal and Saddle Related Patents: 1994 U.S. Patent # 5,375,397 “CURVE-CONFORMING SENSOR ARRAY PAD AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SADDLE PRESSURES ON A HORSE” 2002 U.S. Patent # 6,334,262 “GAUGE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ANIMAL BACKS AND SADDLES” 2005 U.S. Patent # 6,948,256 “SADDLE SUPPORT DEVICE AND ADJUSTABLE FORM JIG AND METHOD TO CORRECT FOR THE VARIATION BETWEEN ANIMAL BACKS AND SADDLES” 2007 PCT/US08/069820 “LOAD BEARING FRAME APPARATUS FOR PACK ANIMALS” 2011 Patents Pending “MODULAR ANIMAL MOBILITY PLATFORM AND METHODS OF CALIBRATION AND ASSEMBLY”
11
CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTED & CONFIDENTIAL
P PA SA FE CO AC AD EA OM CK DD AT MP KS DL TU PA LE UR AR EF RE RIIS EC SIIO ON N NEW
HISTORIC
MODUL AR ANIMAL MOBILIT Y PL ATFORM
CURRENT SOF INVENTORY
“MAMP” IN SUPPORT OF
PACK SADDLE
MAMP
PHILIPS
APARAJO
HYBRID
DECKER
SAWBUCK
Date of Invention
2010
1920
1800
1920
1920
500 BC
Weight (Lbs)
< 25
35 >
45 >
20
20
20
Availability
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
3D Adjustable
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
MOVE G N I H T N Y A N A , E,, A RE E ER ME HE WH TIIM YW YT NY AN ANYTHING, ANY BY ANIMAL
Self‐Adjustable
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
NO FITTING – NO KNOTS – NO TRAINING
No Knots
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Swing Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Lash Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Hanger Loads
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Quick Release
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Walk
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
Speed ‐ Trot
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Canter
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Speed ‐ Gallop
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Field Configurable
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( NO )
( NO )
( NO )
Training Required
( NO )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
( YES )
1D
CONTACT: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR – ROBERT FERRAND, INVENTOR 650.631.8400 inventor@saddletech.net WWW.SADDLETECH.NET 2995 WOODSIDE RD. WOODSIDE, CA 94062 CCR # & DUNS # 03‐032‐5372
CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTED & CONFIDENTIAL
“SPECIAL FORCES WARRIOR” REQUIREMENTS “Reduce the Load / Increase the performance” GROUND MOBILITY, LOGISTICS & CIVIL AFFAIRS
MAMP
THIS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IS PROTECTED BY U.S. PATENTS #5,375,397, #6,334,262, #6,948,256, PCT069820 & PATENTS PENDING
CCR # & DUNS # 03‐032‐5372
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS — USE OF DATA LIMITED "This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed--in whole or in part--for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. However, if a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of--or in connection with-- the submission of these data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. The data subject to this restriction are contained in Pages 1-12"