Patents Assigned to BCB
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Patent number: 10060707Abstract: An armour vest includes front and rear portions that realize or otherwise mount armour plate or soft armour pads over a wearer's vital organs. A floatation bladder is stored and deployed under the protection of the armour. The armour vest is expandable to accommodate and at least partially protect the floatation bladder when it is inflated. In either a single or multi-stage process, the armour vest's volume is increased by automatically releasing buckles that increase separation between the front and rear portions around the waist and, in an embodiment, also at the shoulders of the armour vest. In a deflated state, shoulder connectors provide a load-bearing connection between the front and rear portions of the armour vest. Inflation of the bladder, either manually actuated by pulling a webbing trigger handle or automatically with immersion, causes a different load-bearing shoulder bridge to be brought into operation at the shoulders of the amour vest.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis
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Patent number: 10030943Abstract: FIG. 7 shows an air cannon system loaded with a launch canister containing a prop-fouler. A pressure vessel (28) contains an inlet including a poppet valve (100) that, upon command, can be selectively placed in either a one-way flow position to permit charging of the pressure vessel or otherwise opened to trigger rapid discharge through pressure equalization with the ambient environment. The air cannon may include multiple splayed barrels or a single barrel (158). A launch canister (202), realized in the form of a tube, has a driving plate (350) that closes an end of the launch tube. The driving plate is the first point loaded into the barrel. Within the launch canister (202) a first portion of a floating prop-fouling line is stored. The prop-fouling line, such as made from Dyneema®, has at its ends two drogues that, upon entry into the water, fill with water to produce drag resistance to movement of the prop-fouling line.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Searle, William Mark Hocking, Andrew Rhys Howell, Derek William Taylor
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Patent number: 9629443Abstract: A load carriage frame (80) of FIG. 9 includes a shoulder yoke (90) and a belt (120) separated from the yoke by a multi-element connecting brace (96). The brace is telescopic in nature in that a flexible but rigid tongue (130), extending from a first section, is permitted to slide within a guide on a second section (154), thereby allowing the length of the connecting brace to be altered. The multi-element connecting brace is centrally coupled to the yoke and centrally coupled to the belt and configured to act as a force path by transferring weight that, in use, is loaded onto or through the yoke and into the belt thereby effecting selected weight re-distribution onto the pelvic girdle of a wearer about which the belt, in use, is secured. Additionally, as shown in FIG. 20, a quick release mechanism may further alter the length of the connecting brace by allowing the position of a rotational coupling point to be altered relative to a housing of the quick release mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis
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Patent number: 9352834Abstract: A micro unmanned aerial vehicle or drone (“UAV”) 10 is remotely controlled through an HMI, although this remote control is supplemented by and selectively suppressed by an on-board controller. The controller operates to control the generation of a sonar bubble that generally encapsulates the UAV. The sonar bubble, which may be ultrasonic in nature, is produced by a multiplicity of sonar lobes generated by specific sonar emitters associated with each axis of movement for the UAV. The emitters produce individual and beamformed sonar lobes that partially overlap to provide stereo or bioptic data in the form of individual echo responses detected by axis-specific sonar detectors. In this way, the on-board controller is able to interpret and then generate 3-D spatial imaging of the physical environment in which the UAV is currently moving or positioned.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: BCB International LTD.Inventor: Barry Davies
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Publication number: 20140331374Abstract: A protective undergarment (10), shown in the form of shorts, includes integrally formed protective panels (22, 26, 30) that exhibit slash-proof properties. The protective areas (22, 26, 30) are made from a flexible Kevlar® knit or the like, and extend to cover the groin, crotch, substantial areas of the buttocks and the inner thigh regions of both legs. The protective panels (22, 26, 30) are externally snitched to a low thermal burden material (18, 20), such as a polyester mesh, that provides elasticity and completes the structure of the shorts (10). The Kevlar® knit is flexible and preferably lies directly against the skin of a user to provide blast wave and ballistic fragment deflection whilst permitting mobility in a lightweight arrangement. Varying thickness of the Kevlar® knit can be used in the protective areas (22, 26, 30) selectively to enhance protection against blast wave and fragment penetration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Rhys Howell, Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis, William Mark Hocking
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Patent number: 8763167Abstract: A protective undergarment (10), shown in the form of shorts, includes integrally formed protective panels (22, 26, 30) that exhibit slash-proof properties. The protective areas (22, 26, 30) are made from a flexible Kevlar® knit or the like, and extend to cover the groin, crotch, substantial areas of the buttocks and the inner thigh regions of both legs. The protective panels (22, 26, 30) are externally snitched to a low thermal burden material (18, 20), such as a polyester mesh, that provides elasticity and completes the structure of the shorts (10). The Kevlar® knit is flexible and preferably lies directly against the skin of a user to provide blast wave and ballistic fragment deflection while permitting mobility in a lightweight arrangement. Varying thickness of the Kevlar® knit can be used in the protective areas (22, 26, 30) selectively to enhance protection against blast wave and fragment penetration.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Andrew Rhys Howell, Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis, William Mark Hocking
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Patent number: 8561213Abstract: A protective undergarment (10), shown in the form of shorts, includes integrally formed protective panels (22, 26, 30) that exhibit slash-proof properties. The protective areas (22, 26, 30) are made from a flexible Kevlar® knit or the like, and extend to cover the groin, crotch, substantial areas of the buttocks and the inner thigh regions of both legs. The protective panels (22, 26, 30) are externally snitched to a low thermal burden material (18, 20), such as a polyester mesh, that provides elasticity and completes the structure of the shorts (10). The Kevlar® knit is flexible and preferably lies directly against the skin of a user to provide blast wave and ballistic fragment deflection while permitting mobility in a lightweight arrangement. Varying thickness of the Kevlar® knit can be used in the protective areas (22, 26, 30) selectively to enhance protection against blast wave and fragment penetration.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Andrew Rhys Howell, Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis, William Mark Hocking
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Patent number: 8533863Abstract: A protective undergarment (10), shown in the form of shorts, includes integrally formed protective panels (22, 26, 30) that exhibit slash-proof properties. The protective areas (22, 26, 30) are made from a flexible Kevlar® knit or the like, and extend to cover the groin, crotch, substantial areas of the buttocks and the inner thigh regions of both legs. The protective panels (22, 26, 30) are externally snitched to a low thermal burden material (18, 20), such as a polyester mesh, that provides elasticity and completes the structure of the shorts (10). The Kevlar® knit is flexible and preferably lies directly against the skin of a user to provide blast wave and ballistic fragment deflection while permitting mobility in a lightweight arrangement. Varying thickness of the Kevlar® knit can be used in the protective areas (22, 26, 30) selectively to enhance protection against blast wave and fragment penetration.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Andrew Rhys Howell, Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis, William Mark Hocking
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Publication number: 20130212791Abstract: Armoured over-trousers (10) are formed as “chinks” having an open lateral external flank (13). Protective anti-ballistic armour plate (42), integral with fabric material (22) used for the over-trousers or otherwise incorporated within correspondingly sized, shaped and strategically located pockets (40), protects lower abdominal regions, including the buttocks, upper thigh regions and genitals, of the wearer. The open flank (13) provides mobility whilst ensuring a low thermal burden and access to storage pockets in conventional trousers (14). The over-trousers are secured around the legs by strapping (16, 18) to reduce the possibility of a blast wave (36) funneling effect that might otherwise be experienced should the over-trousers (10) only fit loosely around the legs of a soldier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: William Mark Hocking, Christopher Mark Lewis, Matthew Searle
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Publication number: 20130133509Abstract: A modular stretcher system includes a pouch having a releasable outer cover and an inner surface, and a stretcher comprised from a lightweight sheet material and stored within the pouch, wherein the stretcher is accessible upon release of the cover, and wherein the stretcher further includes at least two integrated load-bearing system fixings that engage the lightweight sheet and extend through the inner surface. The modular stretcher system may also be incorporated within a protective anti-ballistic jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: BCB INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventor: BCB INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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Patent number: 8322156Abstract: An evaporative cooling device (40) is disclosed for cooling water or other liquids comprising a vessel (50) adapted to receive water or another liquid, said vessel comprising a vessel wall (53, 54, 55), an outer layer (90) of absorbent material and a wick (85) extending through said vessel wall, such that said wick is positioned to contact said water or other liquid within the vessel and is adapted to transport a portion of said water or other liquid through the wall by capillary action to said absorbent material, said wick being substantially impermeable to gas or vapor, so that the cooling device (40) can be connected in-line in an hydration system of the kind comprising a reservoir (12) and a drinking tube (32).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: BCB International Ltd.Inventor: Matthew Searle
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Patent number: D663164Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventor: Derek William Taylor
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Patent number: D673729Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventor: Andrew Howell
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Patent number: D751025Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Andrew Rhys Howell, Barry Davies
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Patent number: D752913Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventor: Derek William Taylor
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Patent number: D773239Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventor: Derek William Taylor
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Patent number: D773737Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventors: Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis
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Patent number: D807104Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventor: Derek Taylor
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Patent number: RE48356Abstract: FIG. 7 shows an air cannon system loaded with a launch canister containing a prop-fouler. A pressure vessel (28) contains an inlet including a poppet valve (100) that, upon command, can be selectively placed in either a one-way flow position to permit charging of the pressure vessel or otherwise opened to trigger rapid discharge through pressure equalization with the ambient environment. The air cannon may include multiple splayed barrels or a single barrel (158). A launch canister (202), realized in the form of a tube, has a driving plate (350) that closes an end of the launch tube. The driving plate is the first point loaded into the barrel. Within the launch canister (202) a first portion of a floating prop-fouling line is stored. The prop-fouling line, such as made from Dyneema®, has at its ends two drogues that, upon entry into the water, fill with water to produce drag resistance to movement of the prop-fouling line.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Searle, William Mark Hocking, Andrew Rhys Howell, Derek William Taylor
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Patent number: D913727Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: BCB International LimitedInventor: Andrew Howell