Patent ID: 8151687
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: E04H,E21D,F41H,F42D

Abstract:
1. A blast-resistant panel comprising: a contiguous layer of a pre-cured elastomeric material having only a single layer of a substantially uniform predetermined thickness, the contiguous layer of pre-cured elastomeric material including a body portion and a plurality of flanges, the body portion of the pre-cured elastomeric material having a plurality of outer edges and a length substantially equal to a height of a wall in a structure, and each of the plurality of flanges of the pre-cured elastomeric material having a substantially equal width and depending away from one of the plurality of outer edges on a same side and at approximately equivalent right angles to the body portion, the contiguous layer of pre-cured elastomeric material having substantially entirely exposed front and back sides; and a plurality of fastener elements for securing the pre-cured elastomeric material layer against the wall of the structure through the plurality of flanges of the pre-cured elastomeric material layer and into at least a floor and a ceiling near the wall in the structure, the front and back sides of the contiguous layer remaining substantially entirely exposed until the pre-cured elastomeric material layer is secured against the wall.