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US 10,704,256 B2Granted
Process to add bullet resistance to an existing wall
Assignee360° Ballistics, LLC
InventorsMark Alan Siver, Clayton Dean Amidon
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Abstract
A method for retrofitting a preexisting wall to include bullet resistance. The retrofitted wall incorporates ballistic paver blocks that are capable of augmenting either an interior or exterior wall. The flexibility gained by using ballistic paver blocks affords cost and weight savings over traditional concrete, or alternatively, metal shielding.
Claims20
A method of retrofitting a preexisting wall for bullet resistance comprising the steps of:
- acquiring ballistic paver blocks;
- selecting a preexisting wall to be augmented;
- selecting a side of the preexisting wall to be augmented;
- applying a first row of the ballistic paver blocks in a first layer;
- applying subsequent rows of the ballistic paver blocks in the first layer;
- applying at least two subsequent layers of the ballistic paver blocks;
- wherein the at least two subsequent layers of the ballistic paver blocks are configured to provide no non-pinpoint seam overlap between and among the first layer and the at least two subsequent layers;
- and
- wherein the ballistic paver blocks are formed from wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a preformed foam.
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A bullet resistant wall system comprising:
- ballistic paver blocks;
- wherein the ballistic paver blocks are constructed, configured, and arranged to form a wall having at least two adjacent individual layers;
- wherein the blocks have beveled, juxtaposed vertical edges;
- and the at least two adjacent individual layers are configured to provide no alignment of abutting edges between the at least two adjacent individual layers;
- wherein each of the at least two adjacent individual layers includes multiple adjacent rows of the ballistic paver blocks;
- and
- wherein the ballistic paver blocks are formed from wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a preformed foam.
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A bullet resistant wall system comprising:
- at least three layers of blocks, wherein at least two of the at least three layers comprise ballistic paver blocks, and wherein the at least three layers of blocks are configured to provide no non-pinpoint seam overlap between the at least three layers of blocks, and wherein the ballistic paver blocks are formed from wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a preformed foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.