Patents Assigned to Armor
  • Patent number: 6745661
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for defeating high-velocity projectiles. A plurality of disks of equal size comprised of fiber induced ceramic composites are provided. The disks are laid out in an imbricated pattern row by row such that each disk in a row is in substantially a straight line with the other disks in the row and overlaps a segment of a disk in an adjacent row. The imbricated pattern is then adhered to a flexible, high tensile strength substrate and overlaid by a second high tensile strength layer such that the imbricated pattern is enveloped between the substrate and the second layer. The envelope is then coupled to a soft body armor backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Pinnacle Armor, Inc.
    Inventors: Murray L. Neal, Allan D. Bain
  • Patent number: 6743008
    Abstract: The invention relates to a set of baking moulds for food products such as hams, including a plurality of moulds mounted on a support frame (5, 6), each mould comprising a trough (2) with a generally U-shaped transverse section in order to form a bottom (13) and two side walls (4). The top edges of the side walls (4) form folded flaps (7), the adjacent flaps of the two troughs (2) being connected together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Armor Inox
    Inventor: Claude Dreano
  • Patent number: 6712259
    Abstract: A method for assembling a rigid industrial food-cooking container is disclosed wherein metal sheets respective recesses and projecting elements are first assembled and then shaped to a specific predetermined geometry for receiving the industrial food and the sheets temporarily connected and assembled at right angles, and welded or brazed to cover the entire contact surface between the sheets to provide a leak proof container for the industrial cooking of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Armor Inox
    Inventors: Claude Dreano, Loïc Jagorel
  • Patent number: 6698024
    Abstract: Modular front opening body armor protects the user from edged weapons, sharp objects, and ballistic threats. Additionally, the modular front opening body armor can be fitted with various pieces of protective gear based on the user's expected environment, and the body armor can be adjusted for proper protection and comfort without reducing protection for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Point Blank Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronda Renee Graves, Sandra L. Hatfield, Edward C. Levigne
  • Patent number: 6684404
    Abstract: A multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment having a stab resistant sub-panel constructed of at least one layer of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric. A ballistic resistant sub-panel constructed of woven ballistic resistant sheets is provided in which at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel are aligned with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr., Mark S. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20040003445
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant panel for use in protective garments. The ballistic resistant panel comprises at least two layers of multiple plies of a woven fibrous material wherein the plies of each layer are loosely stitched together within the respective layer and the layers are fastened together at the periphery of the panel. The loose construction yields a panel that is light-weight and more economic to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: FIRST CHOICE ARMOR and EQUIPMENT, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Dovner
  • Patent number: 6618969
    Abstract: A disposable evidence marker of paper, cardboard or like material. The marker is provided in flat, planar condition and is foldable into an inverted V-shape. An integral tongue and tab may be punched out and interlocked for stability. The investigator may mark the panel surfaces with a conventional marker or pen and discard the markers after use with no clean up necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Armor Forensics Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Rogers, Bradley F. Rogers
  • Patent number: 6581505
    Abstract: A portable ballistic barricade comprises a ballistic shield blanket attached to a portable, collapsible ladder. The blanket has at least one removable ballistic panel operatively disposed therein, and the ladder and blanket may be quickly and easily collapsed together in order to be transported to different locations. The blanket may also be rapidly removed from the ladder and used to cover an explosive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Reliance Armor Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Levell
  • Patent number: 6559079
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant pad having a first group of at least two successive overlying woven sheets constructed of high strength fibers. The warp and the weft for individual ones of the successive overlying woven sheets of the first group are substantially in alignment to one another. A second group of at least two successive overlying woven sheets constructed of high strength fibers is also provided. The warp and the weft for individual ones of the woven sheets of the second group are substantially in alignment to one another and are angularly displaced from the warp and the weft of the woven sheets of the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6510777
    Abstract: An armoring system for vehicles, vessels, aircraft and structures. A plurality of discus-shaped disks are individually wrapped in a containment wrap. The wrapped disks are laid out in an imbricated pattern and adhered in place between a pair of fibrous layers. In one embodiment an elastomer layer is used to seal the panel to prevent degradation from exposure to environmental factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Pinnacle Armor, LLC
    Inventor: Murray L. Neal
  • Patent number: 6488750
    Abstract: An inkless fingerprint compound includes a solvent, a color former, such as a transistion metal salt, compatible with the solvent and a developer such as hydroxiquinoline and derivatives, the developer capable of reacting with the color former to form a colorant product, preferably black in color. A sufficient amount of a chelating agent, such as a carboxylic acid, is added to the solution to prevent the color former and developer from reacting while in solution to form the colorant product while permitting such reaction when the solution is applied to the fingerprint area of the person to be fingerprinted and deposited onto a paper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Armor Holdings Forensics Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Arndt
  • Patent number: 6449769
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant protective garment with a ballistic resistant pad having at least two panels and a plurality of overlying layered sheets within the panels of the ballistic resistant pad in which the sheets are constructed of woven lyotropic liquid crystal polymer fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6401959
    Abstract: A rigid support structure comprising a plurality of beams having slots, a plurality of holding elements having a plurality of tabs extending therefrom, each of the tabs including a slot complementary to said slots in said beams, said holding elements being mounted on said beams with said tab slots engaging said beam slots; wherein two tabs are received in at least one of said beam slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Armor Inox
    Inventor: Claude Dreano
  • Patent number: 6345283
    Abstract: Ambient data is data created or retained as an artifact of a computer system, rather than by the intention of the user. Ambient data typically includes both textual and binary, i.e., non-textual, data. Ambient data can include information of which the user is unaware and that is of interest to an investigator. Most of the information in the ambient data is not useful, and the large amount of ambient data on a typical computer system can require significant time to review. The system excludes most of the non-useful ambient data by searching for punctuation marks, and then comparing the characters near the punctuation mark with a list of common words in English or another language. The occurrence of words in proximity to punctuation suggests the presence of meaningful, grammatical sentences, which are copied to a second file. The non-textual data is replaced with spaces, so that the second file can be viewed with a commercial word processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: New Technologies Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6279010
    Abstract: Ambient data is data created or retained as an artifact of a computer system, rather than by an intention of the user. Ambient data typically includes both textual and binary, i.e., non-textual, data. Ambient data can include information of which the user is unaware, and an investigator can review ambient data to learn about the Internet-related activity performed on the computer. Most of the information in the ambient data is not useful, and the large amount of ambient data on a typical computer system can require significant time to review. The invention locates useful internet-related information in the ambient data and outputs the information in a useful database format, excluding non-textual data and text that is unrelated to Internet activity. The system locates internet-related information of interest using proximity rules, that is, the system writes output when only when certain characters appear in the ambient data within a specified proximity to other characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: New Technologies Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6266819
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant protective garment having a ballistic resistant pad which has at least three panels including a first panel constructed of a plurality of overlying layered sheets in which each sheet is constructed of a first type of high tensile strength woven fiber, a second panel constructed of a plurality of overlying layered sheets in which each sheet is constructed of lyotropic liquid crystal polymer material, and a third panel constructed of plurality of overlying layers of composite body armor material positioned at a body side of the pad in which the first, second and third panels are in overlying relationship to one another to form the pad. The employment of the panel of layered sheets of lyotropic liquid polymer fibers introduces a synergistic effect with the ballistic resistant materials of the other panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6263349
    Abstract: Ambient data is data created or retained as an artifact of a computer system, rather than by the intention of the user. Ambient data typically includes both textual and binary, i.e., non-textual data. Ambient data can include information of which the user is unaware and that is of interest to an investigator. Most of the information in the ambient data is not useful, and the large amount of ambient data on a typical computer system can require significant time to review. The system excludes most of the non-useful ambient data and isolates full names from the ambient data by comparing the characters in the ambient data with a list of first names and nicknames. If a listed first name or nickname is found, the located name and data surrounding the name is saved to a second file. The amount of data saved is sufficient to capture a full name, regardless of whether the last name is located before or after the first name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: New Technologies Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6240557
    Abstract: A ballistic resistant protective garment with a ballistic resistant pad having at least two panels and a plurality of overlying layered sheets within the panels which are secured together by a plurality of rows of vertical panel securement stitches forming the ballistic resistant pad and in which the sheets are constructed of woven lyotropic liquid crystal polymer fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6219842
    Abstract: A puncture resistant garment (20) which includes a plurality of flexible layers of woven sheets (22) positioned to overlie one another forming a puncture resistant panel (28), in which each of the plurality of woven sheets (22) is constructed of aramid fiber (24) and in which the woven sheets (22) have a weave of at least 60 said aramid fibers per inch in one direction and at least 60 said aramid fibers per inch in another direction transverse to the one direction. The aramid fiber (24) has at least one of the following characteristics of: a) the aramid fibers are constructed of filaments which provide from 50,000,000 up to 90,000,000 filament crossovers per square inch in each of the plurality of woven sheets (22), b) the aramid fibers provide greater than 3 percent of break elongation and c) the aramid fiber provides greater than 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bachner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6195802
    Abstract: A tactical vest with a partitioned collar and/or a tactical vest with a mount to adjust the positioning of a firearm upon the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: U.S. Armor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen E. Armellino