Patent ID: 6647857
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
A bullet protective shield assembly for a motor vehicle having a roof with an underside, a windshield with an upper driver's corner and an upper passenger corner, the assembly comprising:a bullet protective shield including all upper portion and a lower portion, both portions comprised of bullet protective material, the upper portion having a front surface, a back surface, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the lower portion having a front surface, a back surface, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the top edge of the lower portion connected to the bottom edge of the upper portion via a hinge, the lower portion being hingeably moveable toward, away from, and releasably securable to the back surface of the upper portion, at least one portion including a viewing window providing a view therethrough; a pivot arm for rotating the shield toward and away from the underside of the roof, the arm including a pivot arm axis: at least one clasp grippingly and rigidly connecting the top edge of the upper portion to the pivot arm; and a pivot bracket connected to the pivot arm, the bracket being mountable to the underside of the roof adjacent an upper corner of the windshield and configured to rotate the shield about the pivot arm axis to a stored position adjacent the underside of the roof and to a deployed position, the bracket further configured for swinging the arm with attached shield to a position between a side window and the occupant.