Patent ID: 7736012
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B42F,F41H

Abstract:
1. An armored clipboard device for providing a defense for an officer, said device comprising: a case being held by the officer when the officer is writing a ticket, said case including a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall extending between said front wall and said back wall to define an interior space of said case, said case having an access aperture extending through said back wall to permit access to said interior space, said front wall having an exterior layer and an interior layer, said exterior layer being comprised of a ballistic deflecting material to deflect rounds impacting said front wall of said case, said interior layer being comprised of a ballistic absorbing layer to slow down and stop any of the rounds that penetrate said exterior layer; a handle being coupled to and extending outwardly from said back wall of said case, said handle being grasped to facilitate manipulation of said case; an illumination assembly being coupled to said case, said illumination assembly emitting light to illuminate an area in front of the officer, said illumination assembly comprising; a clip board being hingedly coupled to said case, said clip board receiving documents to be written on by the officer, said clip board being positioned adjacent said access aperture of said case, said clip board being pivotable over said access aperture to selectively close said access aperture, an interior face of said clip board receiving the documents to permit the documents to be positioned in said interior space of said case when said clip board is pivoted over said access aperture; and a document retainer being coupled to said case and positioned in said interior space of said case, said document retainer being positioned adjacent said access aperture to permit documents to be placed in said interior space between said document retainer and said front wall to inhibit the documents inadvertently falling out of said interior space, said document retainer extending across a width of said access aperture.