Patents by Inventor Thomas Patrick Lang

Thomas Patrick Lang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ballistic shield with boltless viewport
    Patent number: 10180308
    Abstract: A ballistic shield has a strike face and a body side and includes a ballistic panel and a viewport. Plies of ballistic material are formed together as the ballistic panel. A pocket in the ballistic panel is recessed into the strike face of the panel, and is at least partially defined by a pocket wall that is offset from a main body portion of the ballistic panel in a direction away from the strike face. The pocket wall has an opening forming a viewing area that is circumscribed by a frame section of the pocket wall. A viewport is secured in the pocket with a first section of the viewport overlying the frame section of the pocket wall and a second section of the viewport overlying the viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Lang, Mark Cardey, Dan McNeil
  • Ballistic Shield with Boltless Viewport
    Publication number: 20180120064
    Abstract: A ballistic shield has a strike face and a body side and includes a ballistic panel and a viewport. Plies of ballistic material are formed together as the ballistic panel. A pocket in the ballistic panel is recessed into the strike face of the panel, and is at least partially defined by a pocket wall that is offset from a main body portion of the ballistic panel in a direction away from the strike face. The pocket wall has an opening forming a viewing area that is circumscribed by a frame section of the pocket wall. A viewport is secured in the pocket with a first section of the viewport overlying the frame section of the pocket wall and a second section of the viewport overlying the viewing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Lang, Mark Cardey, Dan McNeil