Patent ID: 8833831
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A barrier apparatus comprising: a vertically-oriented panel selectively moveable between a forward position and a rearward position within a motor vehicle, the forward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned between a driver's seat and a passenger entryway of the motor vehicle for intercepting projectiles travelling through the passenger entryway towards an occupant of the driver's seat and the rearward position including the vertically-oriented panel positioned essentially aft of the forward position, wherein, when in the forward position, the vertically-oriented panel does not intersect a line of sight extending through the passenger entryway and to and between the occupant of the driver's seat and a side view mirror extending outwardly from an exterior surface portion of the motor vehicle located on a passenger entryway side of the motor vehicle.