Patent ID: 7661228
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. An armored building module for placement adjacent to similar armored building modules, comprising: a. a first plate having two ends spaced apart longitudinally in a first direction and having two sides spaced apart transversely in a second direction; b. a second plate having two ends spaced apart longitudinally in said first direction and having two sides spaced apart transversely in said second direction, wherein said second plate is parallel to said first plate and spaced apart from said first plate in a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first and second directions; and c. a first side member and a second side member spaced apart from one another in said second direction and each having two ends spaced apart in said first direction, wherein each of the first and second side members is attached to both said first plate and said second plate; wherein said first and second side members comprise two opposite sides of said armored building module in said second direction; wherein the ends of said first and second plates comprise two opposite ends of said armored building module in said first direction; wherein a portion of said first plate comprises a first side lap overhang that extends parallel to said second direction, away from the first and second side members, and beyond a nearer of the sides of said second plate; and wherein a portion of said second plate comprises a second side lap overhang that extends parallel to said second direction, away from the first and second side members, and beyond a nearer of the sides of said first plate; whereby said armored building module can be placed side-by-side adjacent to said similar armored building modules thereby forming an armored building panel useful for providing complementary overlapping of their respective side lap overhangs for protection that is continuous from module to module against penetration of explosion debris from mortar shells, and permitting removal and replacement of said armored building module from said armored building panel without requiring the moving of the adjacent similar armored building modules.