Patent ID: 6327954
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B32B,F41H

Abstract:
A commercial vehicle with inner furnishings, having a passenger compartment, a door, a body, a window frame and a curved inner surface of said vehicle body, said vehicle being retrofitted with ballistic improvements to resist penetration into said passenger compartment by projectiles, said improvements comprising:at least one armored window, said armored window being thicker than said window frame and held within an edge cap, said edge cap engaging said window frame to hold said armored window within said window frame, an outer surface said armored window not being outside of the plane of an outer surface of an original equipment manufacture window for said window frame;Prefabricated, curved, rigid, opaque armor sized and shaped to fit closely adjacent said one curved inner surface of said vehicle body, at least some of said opaque armor being sized and shaped to fit outside of said vehicle's inner furnishings and being positioned between said curved inner surface and said inner furnishings, said opaque armor being substantially hidden from view;said armored window and said rigid opaque armor creating a ballistic barrier to penetration of said passenger compartment by projectiles which ballistic barrier is not readily recognizable as a ballistic barrier from outside said vehicle.