Patent ID: 6164181
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B64D,F41H

Abstract:
A ballistic shield for attachment to a backrest of a seat of a vehicle, said ballistic shield comprising:a generally rectangular planar body shield having front and back faces, substantially parallel top and bottom edges, and a pair of substantially parallel side edges extending substantially perpendicular to said top and bottom edges of said body shield;a generally trapezoidal planar head shield upwardly extending from said top edge of said body shield, said body and head shields lying in a common plane with one another;said body and head shields comprising substantially coextensive front and back protective layers, a dividing layer interposed between said front and back layers, and an outer layer substantially enclosing said front and back layers and said dividing layer therein;said front protective layer being positioned towards said front face of said body shield, said back protective layer being positioned towards said back face of said body shield;said front protective layer comprising a metal material;said back protective layer comprising an aramid fiber woven material;said dividing layer and said outer layer each comprising a fabric material;said body shield being adapted for positioning adjacently behind a backrest and headrest of a seat of a vehicle, said head shield being adapted for positioning above and behind the headrest of the seat of the vehicle;said body shield being adapted for attachment to the headrest of the seat;a plurality of elongate flexible vertical straps being coupled to said front face of said body shield towards said top edge of said body shield;each of said vertical straps being adapted for looping vertically around the headrest of the seat to attach said body shield to the headrest of the seat;each of said vertical straps having a free end;a plurality of fastening loops being coupled to said front face of said body shield, each of said fastening loops being associated with a corresponding vertical strap;said free ends of said vertical straps being extended through the respective associated fastening loops, each of said vertical straps having a hook and loop fastener thereon detachably coupling the free end of the respective vertical strap to an adjacent portion of the respective vertical strap; andan elongate flexible horizontal strap being coupled to said body shield, said horizontal strap being adapted for looping horizontally around the headrest of the seat over the vertical straps to attach said body shield to the headrest of the seat.