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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415806 | Ballistic abatement barrier method and system A modular ballistic abatement barrier system (10) includes a first corrugated panel (12) having at least one aperture (13), a second corrugated panel (16) having at least one aperture (17), and a ballistic cloth (14) placed ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7191694 | Edge reinforced brittle armor system An edge reinforcement for brittle armor plates is described and claimed herein for improving the ballistic performance of the outer peripheral margins of such plates to incoming threat projectiles. Typically, a transparent armor is positioned within a windowed openi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7070242 | Armor system with monolithic ceramic shell A ceramic shell is disclosed. The ceramic shell can be used, for example, in an armor device or system. The ceramic shell includes two or more of an upper portion, a curved portion, and a seat portion. At least one of the upper portion, the curved portion, and the s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066366 | Long gun carrying system for all terrain vehicles A long gun carrying system for all terrain vehicles that incorporates a support structure that will mount on a rear deck or rack on an ATV and that will support a channel member to receive a soft gun case. The soft gun case is attached to the channel member and the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067031 | Process for making a ceramic armor plate Disclosed is a process for making a ceramic armor plate. A backing element having a known two-dimensional size is provided. A plurality of ceramic armor tiles are placed side by side to form a layer of ceramic armor tiles on a front surface of the backing element, a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7000550 | Ablative blast resistant security door panel Penetration resistant door panel comprises a plurality of spars having a series of holes therethrough and sandwiched between an outer skin and a rear skin. Preferably there are two series of holes in each spar that are staggered with respect to each other. The holes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955112 | Multi-structure metal matrix composite armor and method of making the same A lightweight armor system may comprise multiple reinforcement materials layered within a single metal matrix casting. These reinforcement materials may comprise ceramics, metals, or other composites with microstructures that may be porous, dense, fibrous or particu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6826996 | Structural composite armor and method of manufacturing it A composite armor 10 and method for making it. The armor 10 has a honeycomb core 12 that is provided with polygonal openings 14 and oppositely facing sides 16, 18. Inserts 20 are placed within at least some of the openings. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6541124 | Drill resistant hard plate A drill resistant plate, which presents a rough surface of hardened particles to drilling attack, and which tends to snap or destroy drill bits before they can began drilling. The plate is made by brazing hard particles into a matrix of brazing material a... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6474213 | Reactive stiffening armor system A reactive armor structure having an outer layer and a reactive element adjacent to and integral with the outer layer is provided. The reactive element provides an amount of support to the outer layer effective to restrain movement of the outer layer and ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6393776 | Tornado shelter with composite structure and concrete tub encasement A protective shelter for installation above and in the ground including a superstructure style frame, a composite wall structure for absorbing energy from missile impacts, and a tub encased in a foundation. The invention also discloses a method for constr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6119411 | Enclosure which is fire-resistive for a predetermined period of time An enclosure that is fire-resistive for a predetermined period of time including a floor having a structural forging which is covered with a glass wool felt. A platform of wooden plates is affixed to the glass wool felt. Lateral expansion joints are posit... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5822936 | Interconnect system for modularly fabricated bullet stops An interconnect system for modularly fabricating bullet stops is disclosed including a plurality of bullet proof plates which are placed adjacent one another to form a seam which is covered by a facing strip. A plurality of bolts extend through the facing... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5740635 | Enclosure fire-resistive for a predetermined time An enclosure that is fire-resistive for a predetermined period of time including a floor having a structural forging which is covered with a glass wool felt. A platform of wooden plates is affixed to the glass wool felt. Lateral expansion joints are posit... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5490468 | Safe with refractory laminate walls A safe, vault or container 10 has a laminate wall that is resistant to the cutting effects of a high-temperature torch. The wall of the safe, vault or container 10 comprises a hardened steel outer panel 21 and a hardened steel inner panel 22. A refractory... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5463929 | Armoring material mounting assembly An armoring material single or multilayered is provided with reinforced edge fastening to absorb impact of ballistic projectiles and to prevent delamination of the armoring material from the protected surface when a ballistic projectile strikes it.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5456156 | Ceramic armor A ceramic armor having a tough backup plate and metal reinforcement in the ceramic to minimize damage thereto as projectiles smash into the armor and are shattered.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5329864 | Door or wall reinforcing filler assembly A break-in obstructing, or burglarproof door or wall, for which old motor vehicle tires are used as filling units instead of steel structures and sheeting. The treads or strips separated from the tires form mat-like, layered, and/or stacked filling units ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5272954 | Laminated armour Laminated armour comprising a first part (11) situated on the side of the armor from which attack is to be resisted and a second part (12) which is coextensive with the first part wherein: (i) the first part comprises a lamination of first metal sheets (1... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5221807 | Ballistic protection armor The armor for providing ballistic protection comprises an armor plate for stopping projectiles with an auxiliary plate disposed in front thereof at a determined spacing therefrom, the auxiliary plate being constituted by a ceramic plate pierced by a large... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5188040 | Door or wall reinforcing filler assembly and method A break-in obstructing, or burglarproof door or wall, for which old motor vehicle tires are used as filling units instead of steel structures and sheeting. The treads or strips separated from the tires form mat-like, layered, and/or stacked filling units ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5149910 | Polyphase armor with spoiler plate Composite armor comprising a corrugated metal spoiler plate in front of and spaced from high alumina ceramic tiles backed by an aluminum anvil.... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5142997 | Projectile resisting space dividing system A space dividing system which comprises a rectangular panel having a metallic frame which includes stiles and rails arranged to form a window. The stiles and rails each have a channel which faces the window and first and second spaced internal pockets whi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5060582 | High security blast resistant door leaf A bullet and blast resistance door leaf is comprised of inner and outer sheets connected by a profile section forming an end face of said leaf. The profile section includes an outer step and an inner step, the outer step extending laterally outwardly beyo... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4989493 | Explosive attenuating structure for use inside missiles and the like A structure for attenuating explosive shock waves to prevent propogation of accidental explosions by sympathetic detonation of adjacent explosives comprising bidirectionally symmetric layers of material of consecutively increasing or decreasing acoustic i... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4918900 | Light-weight wall panel for protective enclosure A light-weight wall panel for a protective enclosure includes a shell of sheet metal which encases a filler structure of a combination of penetration resisting or hard wood and metal members. The filler structure includes first and second wall structures ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4876941 | Composite for protection against armor-piercing projectiles A composite for protection against armor-piercing projectiles is disclosed. The composite can be a ceramic composite which may be utilized alone or with other materials, e.g., a metallic or plastic base or substrate layer. Composites of AlN with TiB2... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4867077 | Reactive armor constructions and explosive packages suitable therefor An explosive package for use in reactive armor comprises an explosive material embedded between layers of a resilient material which are contained between upper and lower rigid plates in a sandwich structure. A construction for the application of reactive... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4859541 | Safety structure A safe having a wall comprising spaced steel plates, a sheathing layer between the plates consisting of hard non-metallic grains of e.g., boron carbide, silicon carbide, boron nitride, diamonds, ceramic oxides and hard metallic grains of e.g., cast iron, ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4848211 | Composite deflecting armour A composite armour comprises an outer layer of metal, an inner layer of metal, and therebetween an intermediate non-metallic layer, wherein there is provided along an edge of the intermediate layer a deflecting strip of metal, said deflecting strip presen... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4836084 | Armour plate composite with ceramic impact layer The preferred embodiment of the armor plate composite according to the invention is composed of four main components, viz. the ceramic impact layer, the sub-layer laminate, the supporting element and the backing layer. The ceramic impact layer is excellen... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4822657 | Bullet resistant panel A bullet resistant panel defined by an assembly including plural layers of impact resistant fabric and a layer of insulating foam, the assembly being secured within a peripheral frame and laminated between intermediate substrates of cellulosic material an... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4813334 | Armour plate Armour plate with multi-layer structure, comprising on the front side a first layer of ceramic material made up of abutting tiles, on the rear side a second layer of fibre-reinforced plastic laminate, and between these layers a third layer consisting of s... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4766420 | Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein A laminate of integrally bonded components includes at least two electrically conductive plies, at least one structural element, and at least one radiant heat reflective ply. Each structural element and each radiant heat reflective ply is separated from t... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4757742 | Composite ballistic armor system Ballistic armor capable of meeting the threat of armor piercing projectiles of the type having a surface facing formed of individual elements and a backing capable of catching fragmented projectiles; the surface elements having gaps between them, the armo... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4748915 | Insulating apparatus and composite laminates employed therein Transaction processing enclosures for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus and the like incorporating a housing comprising a composite laminate composed of reflective, refractory and structural elements to provide an encl... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4741276 | Fire resistant cabinet A panel, which may form a wall or a door (12) of a fire resistant cabinet (10), consists of an outer casing (16, 26) and an inner panel (14, 24) spaced apart by zig-zag shaped bridging members (20, 22, 28). The inner panel is double-walled and contains a ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4731507 | Electrical insulator string with bullet-proof protective rings A bullet-proof board includes a pair of steel plates of substantially identical thicknesses that sandwich a thick intermediate layer therebetween and a thin surface layer secured to that steel plate surface which faces a striking bullet. The intermediate ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729326 | Walk-in shelter A walk-in shelter providing protection against undesired heat, radiation, gas and water action, as well as mechanical stressing, particularly for data carriers is proposed, in which the walls comprise several different layers. The inner and outer layers a... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4715297 | Safe construction and rebar coupling device for use therewith A safe construction having a liner configured for forming a valuables chamber with an access opening, the liner being positioned within a cavity in the ground with rebar assemblies adjustably connected to a framework secured to and supporting the liner wi... | 12/29/1987 |
