Patent ID: 9140525
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A deployable and foldable shield, comprising an elongated base plate having attachment means for attaching the base plate along the forearm of a person, and a plurality of substantially triangular and at least substantially equal-sided shield plates, supported by the base plate, which have a top angle (α) smaller than 40° and are pivotally mounted at a triangle corner enclosing the top angle (α) to a pivot projecting from the base plate, said shield plates forming a stack supported by the base plate when the shield is folded and forming a deployed shield surface supported by the base plate when pivoted away from the base plate, wherein the shield plates are arranged in two stacks, disposed next to each other on the base plate, with a respective pivot for mounting and pivoting of the shield plates, that the shield plates in one stack are deployed by pivoting in a first direction and the shield plates in the other stack by pivoting in the opposite direction, and that connecting devices are provided for connecting these uppermost two shield plates.