ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,111, issued on May 13, was assigned to Blue Ridge Armor LLC (Spindale, N.C.).
"Ballistic shield" was invented by Dale Taylor (Bostick, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ballistic shield including: a shield body with a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface, a viewport disposed in an opening of the shield body, where the viewport includes a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface of the viewport; a front bezel covering at least a portion of the front surface of the shield body and a front surface of the viewport; a gasket covering at least a portion of the back surface of the shield body an...