Security screen device for protecting persons and property
AssigneeSkepsis Incorporated
InventorM. William Frank
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Abstract
A security screen device for protecting persons and property is provided. The security screen device comprises an enclosed screen housing defining a screen receiving area. A screen material made of high strength fibers is receivable within the screen housing in an undeployed condition with the screen material having a first edge and a second edge. The first edge is secured within the screen receiving area and a weighted bar is secured to the second edge of the screen material. An activation mechanism opens one side of the screen housing releasing the screen material from the housing into a deployed condition such that the second edge of the screen material travels in a direction generally away from the enclosed screen housing thereby pulling the screen material from the enclosed screen housing.
Claims18
A security screen device for protecting persons and property, the security screen device comprising:
- an enclosed screen housing defining a screen receiving area;
- a hinged door for opening the enclosed screen housing, the door being closed in an undeployed condition and the door being open in a deployed condition;
- a screen material receivable within the screen housing in an undeployed condition, the screen material having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge being secured within the screen receiving area;
- a weighted bar secured to the second edge of the screen material, the weighted bar being positioned inside the enclosed screen housing until being deployed;
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- activation means for releasing the screen material from the housing into a deployed condition such that the second edge of the screen material travels in a direction generally away from the enclosed screen housing thereby pulling the screen material from the enclosed screen housing;
- wherein the activation means is a microprocessor which automatically responds to a predetermined event selected from the group consisting of physical shock, audio sound profiles like those produced by high speed projectiles, gunshots, breaking glass, and voice commands.
A system for inhibiting persons from entering a cockpit in an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a container mounted near the ceiling of the cockpit;
- guide channels secured to the container adjacent the walls of the cockpit and extending from the container to near the floor of the cockpit;
- a projectile resistant material receivable within the container in an undeployed condition and movable along the guide channels in a deployed condition;
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- activation means for manually or automatically activating the material from the undeployed condition to the deployed condition upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.
A method for automatically deploying a security screen upon the occurrence of a predetermined event, the method comprising:
- providing a projectile resistant screen material having a first edge and a second edge;
- securing the first edge of the screen material within an enclosed container;
- securing the second edge of the screen material to a weighted rod, the weighted rod having a first end and a second end;
- storing the screen material and a weighted rod in the enclosed container;
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- manually or automatically deploying the screen material from the container upon the occurrence of a predetermined event;
- wherein the predetermined event is selected from the group consisting of physical shock, audio sound profiles like those produced by high speed projectiles, gunshots, breaking glass, and voice commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.