US Patent Issued to EA SAFETY on Sept. 8 for "Protective shields" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,508, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to EA SAFETY LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Protective shields" was invented by Timothy David Nickodemus (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protective shields configured to prevent projection against projectiles, such as during excavating and/or mining operations, are provided. The protective shields include a base layer comprising one or more transparent polycarbonate layers, a sacrificial polycarbonate layer comprising a transparent polycarbonate, and an air gap positioned directly between at least a portion of the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer. The sacrificial polycar...