Patent Application
20240090649
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The disclosure relates to ballistic shield apparatuses and more particularly pertains to a new ballistic shield apparatus for stopping bullets to protect a user.
The prior art describes myriad ballistic shield apparatuses which can be inserted into a bag to protect a user wearing the bag on the user's body. However, the prior art fails to describe such an apparatus which comprises a rectangular panel that is formed with an aramid material and which can be inserted into a child's backpack to form a bulletproof shield.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a fibrous panel which comprises a plurality of sheets layered with each other. Each sheet of the plurality of sheets comprises a plurality of ductile fibers, each of which is configured to plastically deform to slow a bullet when the bullet impacts the ductile fiber. Each ductile fiber of the plurality of ductile fibers comprises an aramid material. A cover surrounds the plurality of panels and conforms to an exterior of the panel. The cover comprises a water impermeable and ultraviolet light impermeable material. The cover has a size such that the cover is configured to be positioned in the child's backpack.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The plurality of panels 12 includes a first fibrous panel 16, a hard panel 20, a second fibrous panel 22, and a ductile panel 25. The first fibrous panel 16 comprises a plurality of first sheets 18 layered with each other, each of which comprises a plurality of first ductile fibers. Each first ductile fiber of the plurality of first ductile fibers is configured to plastically deform to slow a bullet 26 when the bullet 26 impacts the first ductile fiber. Each first ductile fiber of the plurality of first ductile fibers comprises an aramid material. The aramid material may be Kevlar or the like. The hard panel 20 is coupled to the first fibrous panel 16 and comprises a hard material such that the hard panel 20 is configured to deform and slow the bullet 26 when the bullet 26 impacts the hard panel 20. The hard material is porcelain but may be another ceramic or other conventional hard material. The hard panel 20 has a thickness of between 0.075 inches and 0.175 inches.
The second fibrous panel 22 is coupled to the hard panel 20 opposite the first fibrous panel 16 and comprises a plurality of second sheets 24 layered with each other. Each second sheet 24 of the plurality of second sheets 24 comprises a plurality of second ductile fibers, each of which is configured to plastically deform to slow the bullet 26 when the bullet 26 impacts the second ductile fiber. Each second ductile fiber of the plurality of second ductile fiber comprises the aramid material. The ductile panel 25 is coupled to the second fibrous panel 22 opposite the hard panel 20 and comprises a ductile material such that the ductile panel 25 is configured to plastically deform to absorb a kinetic energy of the bullet 26 when the bullet 26 impacts the ductile panel 25. The ductile material is a steel but may be another metal or other conventional ductile material. The ductile panel 25 has a thickness of between 0.03 inches and 0.09 inches. A third fibrous panel comprising at least one third sheet constructed of the aramid material may be coupled to the ductile panel 25 opposite the second fibrous panel 22 to reinforce the ductile panel 25. The plurality of panels 12 may be bonded to each other via an adhesive or other conventional means. The plurality of first sheets 18 may be coupled to each other and the plurality of second sheets 22 may be coupled to each other via a sewn thread or other conventional means.
The cover 30 surrounds the plurality of panels 12 and conforms to an exterior 28 of the stack 13. The cover 30 comprises a water impermeable and ultraviolet light impermeable material. The water impermeable and ultraviolet impermeable material may be nylon, acrylic, or the like. The cover 30 has a size such that the cover 30 is configured to be positioned in a child's backpack 42. A front side 32 of the cover 30 is positioned adjacent to the first fibrous panel 16, and a rear side 34 of the cover 30 is positioned adjacent to the ductile panel 25. A thickness of the cover 30 between the front side 32 and the rear side 34 of the cover 30 is between 0.8 inches and 1.2 inches, a width of the cover 30 between a pair of lateral sides 36 of the cover 30 is between 9.0 inches and 13.0 inches, a height of the cover 30 between a top side 38 and a bottom side 40 of the cover 30 is between 12.0 inches and 16.0 inches. In one embodiment, the thickness of the cover 30 is 1.0 inch, the width of the cover 30 is 11.0 inches, and the length of the cover 30 is 14.0 inches.
In use, the ballistic shield apparatus 10 is positioned in the child's backpack 42 with the front side 32 of the cover 30 being oriented to face away from a carrying strap 44 of the child's backpack 42. The ballistic shield apparatus 10 may be positioned farthest away from the carrying strap 44. The ballistic shield apparatus 10 may also be placed into another body worn article such as another bag, a jacket, or the like. The ballistic shield apparatus 10 may meet one or both of Level III of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 0101.06 standard or Level 7 of the UL 752 standard. Each of those standards are directed toward stopping rifle rounds.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63375853 | Sep 2022 | US |
