Movable Ballistic Barrier With Modular Shields and Multidirectional Wheels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional movable ballistic barriers are heavy, cumbersome, and difficult to maneuver, especially for a single user, and often compromise on armor effectiveness when attempts are made to reduce weight for improved mobility.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a structural frame with a wheel assembly and a base assembly, allowing for the removably attachment of multiple ballistic shields, and featuring a modular design with multidirectional wheels for easy movement over uneven surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional systems use heavy materials to maintain armor effectiveness, then ballistic protection is improved, but maneuverability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The ballistic barrier system is divided into modular components including interchangeable shield modules (Type I, Type II, Type III), a base assembly, and a wheel assembly. This segmentation allows users to select appropriate protection levels while maintaining manageable weight distribution across modules, resolving the contradiction between comprehensive ballistic protection and ease of maneuverability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a wheel assembly with rotatable axles that can adapt to different terrain conditions, and modular shields that can be quickly exchanged based on threat levels. This dynamic configuration allows the system to optimize between protection and mobility depending on operational requirements, rather than being fixed in a static heavy configuration.
2Ease of operation
If conventional systems reduce weight to improve maneuverability, then ease of operation is improved, but armor effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the ballistic barrier into modular shield modules with different protection levels (Type I, II, III), the system allows users to carry only the necessary protection level for each situation. This reduces overall weight compared to conventional systems that must be uniformly heavy throughout, while maintaining armor effectiveness where needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the protection parameter dynamically by allowing exchange of shield modules with different ballistic ratings. Users can switch from higher protection modules when threatened to lower protection modules when safe, optimizing the balance between armor effectiveness and maneuverability based on real-time conditions.
3Strength
If conventional systems are designed as single heavy unit, then structural integrity is improved, but ease of operation on uneven surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the ballistic shields from the mobility system (wheel assembly and base). This segmentation allows the structural integrity of individual shield modules to be optimized for protection, while the separate wheel assembly handles navigation over uneven surfaces, resolving the contradiction between structural strength and maneuverability.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel assembly acts as an intermediary between the user and the uneven terrain, bearing the mechanical stress of navigating obstacles while the ballistic shields remain focused on their protective function. This mediator approach allows each component to optimize its primary function without compromising the other.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for supporting a first ballistic shield and a second ballistic shield is disclosed. The apparatus has a structural frame, and a wheel assembly rotatably attached to a structural connector of a base assembly of the structural frame. The structural frame is configured to removably attach to the first ballistic shield. The structural frame is configured to removably attach to the second ballistic shield. The wheel assembly includes a plurality of axles spaced away from the structural connector and configured to rotate about the structural connector when the wheel assembly rotates.