Ballistic Curtain Cordon System

Abstract

A ballistic curtain system includes a curtain having cells configured to stop a high-speed projectile and a motor connected to the curtain. The motor is capable of deploying or retracting the curtain.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]Mass shootings make headlines with regularity. The worst of those shootings often take place in confined areas like schools or offices.[0002]Most solutions aimed at preventing mass shootings by an already-armed assailant are based on firearm detection or denial of entry to the building in the first place. Firearm detection includes installation of metal detectors and similar devices around entry points to a building. The problem with these solutions is that they do not prevent entry or slow an active shooter—they merely provide a potential alarm that a motivated shooter has entered a facility, denying entry to a shooter may involve armed guards, airlock dual entry systems, or use of technology-based credentials to afford entry. But even with these solutions, a motivated shooter can gain entry to a facility. This was the case in the Washington Navy Yard shooting in 2013 and the Fort Hood shooting in 2009. Likewise, in the case of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a system that can protect people and objects from high-speed projectiles. It is made up of a curtain with special cells that can stop the projectile。 The curtain can be deployed and retracted at different speeds depending on the direction of deployment and the area that needs protection.

Problems solved by technology

The worst of those shootings often take place in confined areas like schools or offices.

The problem with these solutions is that they do not prevent entry or slow an active shooter—they merely provide a potential alarm that a motivated shooter has entered a facility, denying entry to a shooter may involve armed guards, airlock dual entry systems, or use of technology-based credentials to afford entry.

There may be no foolproof way to deny a determined shooter from entering a building.

These plans remain often ineffective because channeling people through choke points in halls or stairwells only gathers more potential victims in one place.

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