Patent ID: 8316613
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: D06N,E04H,F42D

Abstract:
1. A method for improving blast resistance of a building, comprising: spraying a layer of an elastomeric material to form an elongatable blast-resistant panel of the elastomeric material having only a single layer of a predetermined thickness in the range of about 100 mil to less than 250 mil and a percent elongation at break in a range of about 100-800%, the single layer, elongatable blast-resistant panel having substantially entirely exposed front and back sides; allowing said elongatable blast-resistant panel to cure; and once cured, securing said elongatable blast-resistant panel only to an interior side of an exterior wall of said building so that the elongatable blast-resistant panel extends from at least two opposing edges of the interior side of the exterior wall of said building with a first of said opposing edges being adjacent a top of an outer perimeter of the interior side of the exterior wall of said building and a second of said opposing edges being adjacent a bottom of the outer perimeter of the interior side of the exterior wall of said building.