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US 2021/0002946 A1Published application
Deployable bank security system
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsAbdelkader BENKREIRA, Daniel John MARSCH, Joshua EDWARDS, Michael MOSSOBA
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems, methods, and devices for protecting service personnel by deploying a physical barrier are described. Further embodiments describe additional security features such as lights, sirens, cameras, electronic locks, timers, and/or notifying security personnel or local law enforcement when the system is activated.
Claims20
A system for protecting personnel comprising:
- a bullet resistant panel;
- a deployment mechanism including an actuation cylinder and a source of pressurized fluid, wherein the actuation cylinder is operably connected to a bullet resistant panel, and
- an activation switch operably connected to the deployment mechanism, wherein the deployment mechanism is configured to move the bullet resistant panel from a stored position to a deployed position upon receiving a signal from the activation switch.
A method for protecting service personnel comprising:
- upon receiving a signal from an activation button, inflating a flexible barrier using an inflation fluid source, wherein the flexible barrier comprises bullet resistant material
A service personnel booth comprising:
- a structure wherein the structure comprises a counter surface, a first vertical member, a second vertical member, and an upper cross member which collectively define a window space,
- a shield comprising bullet resistant material;
- an actuator configured to move the shielc from a stored position to a deployed position;
- a guide rail configured to guide the movement of the shield when the shield is moved from the stored position to the deployed position and wherein the guide rail is secured to the structure;
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- an initiation button, wherein the initiation button is operably connected to the actuator, and wherein the actuator is configured to move the shield from the stored position to the deployed position upon receiving a signal from the initiation button.
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