Patent ID: 7677151

Claim:
A protective system for protection from a blast load comprising: (I) a plurality of adjacent protective structures, wherein each protective structure has a first end and a second end, and each protective structure comprises: (a) a mesh structure having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface defines an annular space; (b) a plurality of structural steel cables in contact with the mesh structure; (c) a composite fill material which resides within the annular space of the mesh structure and within the mesh structure; (d) at least one reinforcement member which resides within the composite material, and (e) a composite face material which resides upon the outer surface of the mesh structure; and (II) a plurality of support members, wherein the supports members receive the first or second ends of the protective structures to provide interlocking engagement of the protective structures to the support members; wherein the blast load has a time duration of t d , the mesh structure has a time period of oscillation T in response to the blast load, and T is 5-20 times greater than t d .