Abstract: A ladder stand-off includes a beam and first and second arms extending from the beam. A contact element is attached to the outer end of each of the first and second arms. Each contact element has first, second and third contact surfaces, with the first contact surface being substantially parallel to the beam and the second and third contact surfaces defining respective 45 degree angles with the first contact surface.

Abstract: A ladder stand-off includes an extension beam and first and second stand-off sections slidingly mounted on the extension beam, so as to provide an adjustable span. Each stand-off section includes a support beam and an arm fixedly connected to the first support beam. A contact element is pivotally contacted to the outer end of each arm, allowing the device to be used with flat, curved and corner surfaces. The two arms preferably extend in an outward direction so as to be angularly divergent with respect to each other. The device can also be implemented as a ladder stand-off kit having multiple extension beams of different lengths that can be used interchangeably with the two ladder stand-off sections. In this case, the desired extension beam would be assembled with the first and second stand-off sections to form a ladder stand-off.

Abstract: A radar absorbing material comprising multiple layers integrated to form a thin, flexible, and lightweight structure. The material includes a substrate having disposed thereon absorber elements that are resistively loaded to enable one to construct a device relatively small and thin size. The broadbanding of the device is carried out by multilayering concepts in which different size antenna patterns are multilayered with each layer designed to absorb frequencies in a specified range. The absorber elements are selected for their intrinsic impedance properties and preferrably be polarization insensitive. These absorber elements are disposed in a random and preferrably aperiodic pattern.