Vehicle partition
AssigneePro-Gard Industries, L.P.
InventorsKurt R. Murray, Jeffrey T. Bounds
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Abstract
A vehicle security partition for use in vehicles to form a barrier between front and rear occupant areas.
Claims20
A security partition for use in a vehicle including passenger and driver sides, front and rear occupant areas, a floor, a roof, and laterally spaced passenger side and driver side pillars coupled to the roof, the partition comprising:
- a front panel;
- a first upright positioned adjacent the passenger side of the vehicle in the rear occupant area, the first upright connected to the front panel;
- a second upright positioned adjacent the driver side of the vehicle in the rear occupant area, the second upright disposed in spaced relation to the first upright;
- a first pillar coupler attaching the first upright to the passenger side pillar;
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- a second pillar coupler attaching the second upright to the driver side pillar, the second pillar coupler including a breakaway device for detaching the second upright from the driver side pillar upon application of a generally longitudinal predetermined force.
A security partition far use in a vehicle including passenger said driver sides, front and rear occupant areas, a floor, a roof, and laterally spaced passenger side and driver side pillars coupled to the roof, the partition comprising:
- a front panel;
- a first upright configured to be positioned adjacent one of the passenger side and the driver side of the vehicle in the rear occupant area, the first upright being connected to the front panel;
- a second upright configured to be positioned adjacent the other of the driver side and the passenger side or the vehicle in the rear occupant area, the second upright being connected to the front panel and disposed in spaced relation to the first upright;
- a first coupler configured to couple the first upright to the vehicle;
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- a second coupler configured to couple the second upright to the vehicle, the second coupler including a breakaway device for detaching the second upright from the vehicle upon application of a rearwardly directed predetermined force.
A security partition for use in a vehicle including passenger and driver sides, front and rear occupant areas, a floor, a roof, and laterally spaced passenger side and driver side pillars coupled to the roof, the partition comprising:
- a front panel configured to be positioned in the rear occupant area of the vehicle and having laterally spaced opposing first and second sides;
- a first coupler configured to couple the first side of the front panel to the vehicle;
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- a second coupler configured to couple the second side of the front panel to the vehicle, the second coupler including a breakaway device for detaching the second side of the front panel from the vehicle upon application of a predetermined force having a generally longitudinal component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.