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US 2016/0238349 A1Published application
Barrier
AssigneeDefenshield, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Collins White, Jordan William Settle
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Abstract
A barrier formed from one or more modular units that include a frame, a protective panel, and a gap that is configured to receive a portion of another one of the modular units of the barrier such that the one or more modular units of the barrier can be arranged at an angle selected from a range of angles from about 90 degrees, to provide a corner arrangement, to about 180 degrees, to provide a substantially straight wall arrangement.
Claims12
A ballistic barrier, comprising:
- a modular unit comprising:
- a frame and a protective panel coupled to the frame, the protective panel having a first side that faces the frame and a second side that is opposite the first side, the second side including a ballistic resistant material configured to withstand a ballistic projectile fired toward the barrier;
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- a member coupled to at least one of the frame and the protective panel and extending away from the first side of the protective panel, the member defining a gap between the first side of the protective panel and a first surface of the member,
- wherein the gap defines an angle measured from the first side of the protective panel to the first surface of the member, and the gap is configured to receive at least a portion of a protective panel of another modular unit of the ballistic barrier.
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A method of assembling a ballistic barrier, comprising:
- positioning a first modular unit on a surface such that a first side of a first protective panel of the first modular unit faces in a first direction and a second side of the first protective panel faces in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, the second side including a planar portion that defines a first plane;
- selecting an angle, from a range of angles, at which to position a second modular unit of the ballistic barrier with respect to the first modular unit, wherein the angle is measured between a first line that lies entirely within the first plane and a second side of a second protective panel of the second modular unit;
- after the selecting step, positioning the second modular unit on the surface adjacent to the first modular unit such that a portion of the second protective panel is disposed within a gap that is at least partially defined by:
- 1) a first surface of a member of the first modular unit that extends away from the first side of the first protective panel, and 2) the first side of the first protective panel;
- wherein the gap is configured such that the second positioning step can be performed at any angle within the range of angles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.