Patent ID: 8245619

Claim:
A blast-resistant panel system comprising: a layer of a pre-cured, flexible elastomeric material having a body portion and a plurality of flanges made only of the pre-cured, flexible elastomeric material, the layer of the pre-cured, flexible elastomeric material having only a single layer of a substantially uniform predetermined thickness, and each of the plurality of flanges depending away from a same side of the body portion, where the body portion has a length substantially equal to a height of a wall in a structure, the pre-cured, single layer of flexible elastomeric material having substantially entirely exposed front and back sides; and a plurality of fastener elements for securing the pre-cured, flexible elastomeric material layer against the wall of the structure through the plurality of flanges and into a ceiling and a floor near the wall of the structure and anchoring the plurality of fastener elements in the ceiling and floor near the wall, the front and back sides of the flexible elastomeric material layer remaining substantially entirely exposed until the flexible elastomeric material layer is secured against the wall.