Back to results
US 8,511,215 B1Granted
Personal protection shield
AssigneeTactical Revolution, LLC
InventorsTimo Olavi Tervola, Sean Richard Rosario, Gerald David Benjamin
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A personal protection shield for use with a weapon, such as a firearm, may be used to protect the operator of the weapon. The shield may include one or more ballistic plates and one or more mounting assemblies to mount a ballistic plate to the weapon.
Claims23
A personal protection shield for use with a firearm having a barrel, comprising:
- a ballistic plate;
- and
- a mount for the ballistic plate comprising a first portion configured to be attached to the firearm substantially parallel to the barrel and comprising a second portion configured to rotate between a retracted position and an extended position about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the barrel, wherein a side of the second portion is substantially parallel to the barrel in the retracted position, and wherein the ballistic plate is configured to be releasably coupled to the second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a barrel rail retainer configured to engage a barrel rail and configured to attach to the barrel rail by applying compressive force to opposing ends of the barrel rail.
A personal protection shield for a firearm having a barrel, comprising:
- a barrel rail assembly comprising an aperture configured to receive the barrel of the firearm, wherein the barrel rail assembly further comprises opposing first and second barrel rails;
- a first ballistic plate;
- a first mount configured to attach to the first barrel rail and configured to releasably couple with the first ballistic plate;
- a second ballistic plate;
- and
- a second mount configured to attach to the second barrel rail and configured to releasably couple with the second ballistic plate.
3 more elements
A mount for a personal protection shield for a firearm having a barrel, comprising:
- a first portion configured to engage a barrel rail substantially parallel to the barrel of the firearm and configured to attach to the barrel rail by applying compressive force to opposing ends of the barrel rail;
- and
- a second portion configured to rotate between a retracted position and an extended position about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the barrel, wherein a side of the second portion is substantially parallel to the barrel when in the retracted position, and wherein the second portion comprises a panel rail configured to engage a panel rail retainer of a ballistic plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.