US Patent Issued on Feb. 17 for "Compact ballistic shield with offset spaced components for improved performance" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,691, issued on Feb. 17.

"Compact ballistic shield with offset spaced components for improved performance" was invented by Timo Olavi Tervola (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-piece ballistic shield is provided with a first shield having an outward face exposed to projectiles and an opposing inward face. The first shield having a first offset layer mechanically coupled to a first section of the outward face of the first shield and a second offset layer mechanically coupled to a second section of the outward face of the first shield. The multi-piece ballistic shield further includes a second shield having an outward...