US Patent Issued to POINTMAN ARMOR CONCEPTS on July 21 for "Ballistic shield" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,375, issued on July 21, was assigned to POINTMAN ARMOR CONCEPTS B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Ballistic shield" was invented by Abraham Alexander Frederic Oostvogel (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield system comprises a protective shield body, a first accessory and a second accessory. The shield body comprises a shield panel provided with an edging, the shield panel having a first and second face defining a threat side in a threat direction and a protected side in a protected direction opposite the threat side and threat direction, respectively and having opposite panel edges, the edging covering at least part of the panel edges....