Vehicle window cover
AssigneeDefense Consulting Services, Inc.
InventorsLee A. Grove, Donald F. Rhoad
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Abstract
A window cover for a military vehicle which includes both upper and lower armored plates angled away from an underlying vehicle window, one of the reflectors being pivotable. The window cover allows an occupant of the vehicle to view outside the vehicle window, as light is reflected off an upper reflector to a lower reflector and toward an occupant of the vehicle. A filter is placed between the upper and lower reflectors to filter out a portion of light reflected. The filter may also provide a collimation function.
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A window cover for a vehicle, said cover comprising:
- an upper armored plate having a top side, an underside, a forward end, and a rearward end, said forward end being farther from said window and said rearward end being nearer said window, said forward end being higher than said rearward end with the underside at least partially extending beyond an upper edge of said window;
- an upper reflector beneath said underside of said upper armored plate and movable with respect to said window, said upper reflector having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward end being farther from said window and said rearward end being nearer said window, said forward end being higher than said rearward end;
- a lower armored plate spaced below said upper armored plate, positioned in front of said window and at least partially below said upper reflector, said upper reflector being penetrable by a projectile fired from in front of said vehicle toward said window, said lower armored plate constituting means for stopping or deflecting a projectile;
- a lower reflector having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward end being farther from said window and said rearward end being nearer said window, said forward end being higher than said rearward end, said lower reflector being positioned beneath said upper reflector and behind said lower armored plate so that light reflected from said upper reflector strikes said lower reflector, said forward end of said lower reflector being lower than said rearward end of said upper reflector, whereby moving said upper reflector alters a view of objects outside of said vehicle as seen by an occupant of said vehicle.
A window cover for providing a view of objects outside of said vehicle to an occupant of said vehicle, said window cover comprising:
- an upper armored plate having a top side and an underside at least partially extending beyond an upper edge of said window;
- a lower armored plate in front of said window;
- a lower reflector between said armored plate and said window, said lower reflector having a forward end, and a rearward end, said forward end being farther from said window and said rearward end being nearer said window, said forward end being higher than said rearward end;
- an upper reflector penetrable by a projectile and at least partially above said lower reflector and partially above said window, said upper reflector having a forward end, and a rearward end, said forward end being farther from said window and said rearward end being nearer said window, said forward end being higher than said rearward end, so that light reflected from said upper reflector strikes said lower reflector, said rearward end of said upper reflector being higher than said forward end of said lower reflector, said upper reflector being movable relative to said lower reflector, whereby the view, as seen by said occupant, is altered by moving said upper reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.