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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1990
Ronald B DeLong, Belmont, MI (US);
Michael W Worthington, Big Rapids, MI (US);
Floyd L Cook, Jr, Muskegon Heights, MI (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A space dividing system which comprises a rectangular panel having a metallic frame which includes stiles and rails arranged to form a window. The stiles and rails each have a channel which faces the window and first and second spaced internal pockets which straddle the channel. Projectile resistant material is disposed in the first and second pockets of each stile, and a rigid rectangular layer of projectile resistant material is centered in the frame window with its outer edges extending into the channels and overlapping the first and second pockets. In a preferred embodiment, layers of acoustical insulation are respectively disposed against opposite sides of the rigid layer of projectile resistant material; and, the panel is supported by an arrangement which includes both a hollow metallic post filled with projectile resistant material, and a connecting joint structure which both blocks and deflects projectiles entering the joint.