Abstract: A device for mounting a computer or similar article can hold the article in a plurality of orientations. The device has a mounting plate fixed to structural element such as a post, and has a frame plate that hinges to the mounting plate. The article attaches to the frame plate and swings therewith from a retracted position where the frame plate lies along the mounting plate. The article and frame plate can be swung to a deployed position where the frame plate is tilted away from the mounting plate. A slide member connected to the frame plate translates thereon as the plate swings between the retracted and deployed positions. A guide plate is hinged to the slide member and the mounting plate to control translation of the slide. A latch on the frame plate selectively engages an orifice in the mounting plate or a specially designed slot in the slide member so as to lock the frame member in either the retracted or the deployed position.

Abstract: A device for mounting a computer or similar article can hold the article in a plurality of orientations. The device has a mounting plate fixed to structural element such as a post, and has a frame plate that hinges to the mounting plate. The article attaches to the frame plate and swings therewith from a retracted position where the frame plate lies along the mounting plate. The article and frame plate can be swung to a deployed position where the frame plate is tilted away from the mounting plate. A slide member connected to the frame plate translates thereon as the plate swings between the retracted and deployed positions. A guide plate is hinged to the slide member and the mounting plate to control translation of the slide. A latch on the frame plate selectively engages an orifice in the mounting plate or a specially designed slot in the slide member so as to lock the frame member in either the retracted or the deployed position.

Abstract: A modified pintle assembly for an armored personnel carrier is secured to a swingable ramp at the rear of the carrier. The assembly comprises a back late affixed facially on the ramp and dogleg plates fixed to the back plate. The dogleg plates pivot on one of the ramp's hinges. A downwardly open shroud is fixed to the back plate and elongate plates. The shroud accommodates an extension block. An inner end of an extension block fits closely within the shroud and is pivotally connected thereto. A pintle is attached to the outer, free end of the extension block. The extension block and pintle are movable together between a deployed position in which the they extend away from the ramp and a retracted position in which they lie along the ramp. A lock pin through the shroud retains the extension block and pintle in either the deployed or the retracted position.

Abstract: A set of interior armor panels are removably installed in a passenger vehe. At least one of the panels is a door armor panel covering a lower part of a door. Hooks on the door armor panel engage the door's sill, these hooks having ends inserted into the door through a window slot defined by the sill. Belts hold the door armor panel against the door. The belts are connected at one end to anchors on the inboard side of the door armor panel and the other ends of the belts have hooks closely fit to flanges at the periphery of the door. Buckles on the belts adjust their length. Additional armor panels are removably installed in the vehicle, the additional panels and the door armor panel together forming a ballistically continuous band of protective material within the vehicle's passenger compartment.