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US 2014/0210225 A1Published application
Barrier System for Protecting Bus Drivers
AssigneeNorth American Bus Industries, Inc.
InventorG. William Manzke, JR.
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Abstract
A barrier apparatus for protecting a bus driver including a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable along a set of tracks between a forward position and a rearward position within a bus, the forward position including the panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the bus. The panel is arranged so that, when in the forward position or the rearward position or moved between the forward position and the rearward position, the panel remains on a driver's side of the bus thus ensuring that the panel does not obstruct passenger traffic into and out of the bus during any phase of operation of the barrier system.
Claims40
A barrier apparatus comprising:
- a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable between a forward position and a rearward position within a motor vehicle, the forward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the motor vehicle for intercepting projectiles travelling through the passenger entryway towards an occupant of the driver's seat and the rearward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned essentially aft of the forward position,
- wherein, when in the forward position, the vertically-oriented panel does not intersect a line of sight extending through the passenger entryway and to and between the occupant of the driver's seat and a side view mirror extending outwardly from an exterior surface portion of the motor vehicle located on a passenger entryway side of the motor vehicle.
A barrier apparatus comprising:
- a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable between a forward position and a rearward position within a motor vehicle, the forward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the motor vehicle for intercepting projectiles travelling through the passenger entryway towards an occupant of the driver's seat and the rearward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned essentially aft of the forward position,
- wherein the vertically-oriented panel includes an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge being located at least two feet above a topmost surface of a back of the driver's seat and the lower edge being located at or below a level of a bottommost surface of the driver's seat.
A barrier apparatus comprising:
- a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable between a forward position and a rearward position within a motor vehicle, the forward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the motor vehicle for intercepting projectiles travelling through the passenger entryway towards an occupant of the driver's seat and the rearward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned essentially aft of the forward position,
- an upper track engaged with a top of the vertically-oriented panel, and
- at least two trolley members engaged with and between the upper track and the top of the vertically-oriented panel,
- wherein the at least two trolleys members include beveled wheels.
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A barrier apparatus comprising:
- a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable between a forward position and a rearward position within a motor vehicle, the forward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the motor vehicle for intercepting projectiles travelling through the passenger entryway towards an occupant of the driver's seat and the rearward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned essentially aft of the forward position,
- an upper track engaged with a top of the vertically-oriented panel, and
- wherein the forward section includes a front portion coupled to an underside of a destination display enclosure and a rearward portion detachably coupled between the front portion and the rearward section.
A barrier system for protecting a bus driver comprising:
- a track system extending substantially fore and aft within a bus and between a seat in a driver's compartment portion and a passenger entryway of the bus,
- a panel supported by the track system, the panel being movable between a forward position and a rearward position, and
- two pivot axes about which the panel is adapted and arranged to pivot.
A barrier system for protecting a bus driver comprising:
- a track system extending substantially fore and aft within a bus and between a driver's compartment portion and a passenger entryway of the bus, the track system including an upper track and a lower track between which the panel extends, and
- a panel supported by the track system, the panel being movable between a forward position and a rearward position,
- wherein the lower track includes a rearward section and a forward section oriented at an angle relative to the rearward section and the upper track includes a rearward section and a forward section oriented at an angle relative to the rearward section of the upper track and wherein the forward section of the upper track includes a front portion coupled to an underside of a destination display enclosure and a rearward portion detachably coupled between the front portion and the rearward section.
A barrier system comprising:
- an upper track and a lower track, and
- a panel arranged between the upper track and the lower track,
- wherein the panel is positioned between a bus driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the bus and slidable fore and aft within the bus and the upper track has a rear section and a forward section arranged at an angle to the rear section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.