Detachable shield for tactical equipment box

Abstract

A detachable shield for tactical equipment box has a rectangular form, an outer surface and an opposite inner surface, a long first edge and a second edge, at least two hinges upon the first edge that cooperate with second hinges mounted to a box, a second lock component that cooperates with a prime lock component mounted to a box opposite the second hinges, and a handle joined to the inner surface. The first hinges, handle, and second lock component join to the shield without fracturing it. The first hinges separate from the second hinges so that a law enforcement officer can take the shield from the box for use as protection from projectiles. In an alternate embodiment, the second component joins to the inner surface along with a reinforcing strip along the second edge.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This nonprovisional application claims priority to pending provisional application No. 61 / 978589 with a filing date of Apr. 11, 2014 which is owned by the same inventor.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The detachable shield for tactical equipment box generally relates to law enforcement equipment and more specifically to a shield that locks upon a box storing weapons therein.[0003]For centuries, merchants, banks, corporations, people of means, and others have transported high value cargo. The cargo has such value that its container must survive a failure of its transportation and corruption of persons who handle it. High value cargo travels within containers of great strength and limited access to open them.[0004]In olden days, high value cargo, such as gold or jewels, travelled in strongboxes. Such strongboxes had a rigid construction with reinforced edges and intricate locking mechanism. Even if a strongbox fell off a transport vehicle o...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]The invention's shield maximizes the equipment that can be stored within a box equipped with the shield. The shield allows off duty officers to store their prescribed equipment safely in their homes so it remains available for “load and respond” situations. The invention's shield also cooperates with a programmable lock with key override. The invention's shield removes quickly from the remainder of a box so that a law enforcement officer has complete access within the box to its contents. The shield of the invention, though functioning as a lid to the box, also operates as an NIJ certified ballistic shield.

[0013]There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. The present invention also includes a plurality of handles for the shield, lighting upon the shield, windows within the shield, a length less than five feet, and cooperative securement with cable to vehicle systems. The shield of the invention in cooperation with a box provides an all in one secure storage, ease of handling and loading into a vehicle, ease of transport, and an integral ballistic shield. With the shield operating as a lid for the box, the shield saves on volume within the box for use by other equipment. The shield permits stacking of boxes upon it for storage at a police armory and more often at the home of a law enforcement officer. Additional features of the invention will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached.

Problems solved by technology

These containers keep guns under lock and key however the containers and their doors do not lend themselves to lifting and loading into the trunk of a patrol car.

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