Safe equipment protecting soldiers or people from bullets and shrapnel

Abstract

This invention makes a carriable equipment protecting soldiers or people against bullets from guns or shrapnel from explosive exploding. Many soldiers were killed or injured in a war. Many people were killed or injured by gun shootings in U.S. Bulletproof material with high stiffness and tensile strength, e.g., high strength fabrics, carbon fabrics, bulletproof steel, ceramics, glasses and alloy, has been developed with new technology. Multi-layers of high strength fabrics or carbon fabrics or a plate of bulletproof material is hard to be penetrated by a flying bullet or shrapnel, but existing bulletproof hats or clothes only has partial protecting effect. If the canopy of an umbrella is made of bulletproof fabrics or carbon fabrics or plates of bulletproof material, this umbrella can fully protect soldiers or people behind the umbrella canopy from bullets or shrapnel.

Claims

1. An automatic umbrella (1) or manual umbrella (23) with a canopy (4) of multi-layers of bulletproof high strength fabrics or carbon fabrics, which cannot be penetrated by bullets (26) or explosion shrapnel (27), can protect soldiers or people behind or under the canopy (4) from gun shootings or explosive exploding.

2. One or multiple lines of perimeter tape (11) that is made of a rope of steel wire, high strength fiber or carbon fiber is attached to the rib (20) and links all umbrella panels (16).

3. A mattress of stretchy material, e.g., sponge or rubber, can be added between two layers of bulletproof fabrics or carbon fabrics in the canopy (4) to deplete the kinetic energy of a bullet (26) or shrapnel (27).

4. Plates (31) of bulletproof steel, ceramics, glasses or alloy being attached to the top or bottom of the canopy (4) or between two layers of bulletproof high strength fabrics or carbon fabrics of canopy (4) in the umbrella (1) or (23) in claim 1 can make the canopy (4) stronger to be penetrated against bullets (26) or explosion shrapnel (27) with high power.

5. The plates (31) in claim 4 are made as a few small pieces for each umbrella panel to be able to overlap with each other when the umbrella (1) or (23) is closed, wherein each piece of the plate (31) is tied to each other and tied to a perimeter tape (11) with a steel ring (28) or (29) or a loose knot (28) or (29) by a wire of steel or alloy or high strength fiber or carbon fiber through tiny holes (30) at sides or bottom of the plates (31).

6. The plates (31) in claim 4 can be added between two layers of bulletproof high strength fabrics or carbon fabrics of canopy (4).

7. One or multiple number of observation holes (17) covered by bulletproof glass or observation zones (18) with a few small holes (19) with size smaller than the diameter of a bullet (26) can be added to the canopy (4) of the umbrella (1) or (23) in claim 1.

8. The top cap, top notch, stretches, ribs, shaft of the umbrella (1) or (23) in claim 1 needs to be enhanced with proper thickness and material of high strength.

9. The umbrella (1) or (23) in claim 1 can be made as a folding umbrella for easy carrying.

10. The umbrella (1) or (23) in claim 1, wherein the outer canopy (21) is painted with a layer of water-resistant material, can be used as a normal umbrella against rains.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 provides the primary horizontal view of an automatic umbrella when the umbrella is folded with the handle at bottom.

[0020] FIG. 2 provides the primary horizontal view of a manual umbrella when the umbrella is folded with the handle at bottom.

[0021] FIG. 3 provides the primary horizontal view of a manual umbrella when the umbrella is open with the handle at bottom.

[0022] FIG. 4 provides the vertical view of an umbrella panel that has four pieces of plates. Each plate is tied to another plate and to a perimeter tape with steel rings or loose knots by a wire of steel, high strength fiber or carbon fiber. When the umbrella is closed, those plates can overlap with each other.

[0023] FIG. 5 provides the cross-sectional view of a steel ring or a loose knot tying two pieces of plates together.

[0024] Following is the detailed information about the primary components of the device. [0025] 1. An automatic umbrella. A person can open the automatic umbrella by pushing the open/close button. The canopy of the automatic umbrella is made of bulletproof material, including but not limited to bulletproof high strength fabrics, carbon fabrics, bulletproof steel, glasses, ceramics, or alloy. [0026] 2. A runner of an umbrella. [0027] 3. A stretcher of an umbrella. [0028] 4. An umbrella canopy. [0029] 5. A shaft of an umbrella. [0030] 6. A handler of an umbrella. [0031] 7. A top cap of an umbrella. [0032] 8. A top notch of an umbrella. [0033] 9. An open/close button of an umbrella. [0034] 10. A tip of an umbrella. [0035] 11. A perimeter tape that links all panel sections of canopy together. The perimeter tape can be made of a rope of steel wire, high strength fiber or carbon fiber. [0036] 12. A tie wrap of an umbrella. [0037] 13. A rope that is attached to the tip of an umbrella. [0038] 14. A nail or screw that is attached to the umbrella tip by the rope mentioned in 13. The nail or screw is used to fix the umbrella to the ground. [0039] 15. A rib tape of an umbrella. [0040] 16. A piece of an umbrella panel. [0041] 17. A big observation hole that is covered by a piece of bulletproof glass. [0042] 18. An observation zone that has a few holes with size smaller than the diameter of a bullet. [0043] 19. A small observation hole with size smaller than the diameter of a bullet. [0044] 20. A rib of an umbrella. [0045] 21. An umbrella outer canopy. [0046] 22. An umbrella inner canopy. [0047] 23. A manual umbrella. A person needs to push the runner (2) to open the manual umbrella. The canopy of the manual umbrella is made of bulletproof material, including but not limited to bulletproof high strength fabrics, carbon fabrics, bulletproof steel, glasses, ceramics, or alloy. [0048] 24. A top spring. [0049] 25. A bottom spring. [0050] 26. A bullet flying toward the canopy of an umbrella. [0051] 27. A piece of an explosion shrapnel flying toward the umbrella canopy. [0052] 28. A steel ring or a loose knot that ties two pieces of plates together. [0053] 29. A steel ring or a loose knot that ties a plate to a perimeter tape. [0054] 30. A tiny hole at the side or bottom of a small plate. A steel ring or a wire of steel, high strength fiber or carbon fiber passes through the tiny hole to tie two plates or a plate to a perimeter tape. [0055] 31. A plate of bulletproof steel, glasses, ceramics, or alloy. There are tiny holes at the sides or bottom of the plate. One plate is tied to another plate or a perimeter tape with a steel ring or a wire of steel, alloy or high strength fiber or carbon fiber. The plates can overlap with each other when the umbrella is closed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0056] When a soldier or person opens an automatic umbrella (1), the soldier or person pushes the open/close button (9). The springs inside the shaft (5) will push or pull the runner (2) up and the umbrella (1) is fully open. To open a manual umbrella (23), a soldier or person needs to push the runner (2) up by a hand. Then the stretcher (3) will pull the umbrella canopy (4) up. The umbrella (23) is fully open after the runner (2) passes the top spring (24) at the shaft (5). The soldier or person can hold the handler (6) to move the umbrella (1) or (23) against the gun shooting direction. The umbrella canopy (4) can stop bullets (26) or explosion shrapnel (27) flying to the soldier or person.

[0057] A soldier or person can fix the umbrella (1) or (23) to the ground by the nails or screws (14) attached to the tip (10) of the umbrella (1) or (23). Then the soldier or person can hide under the inner canopy (22) of the umbrella (1) or (23). It would effectively protect the soldier or person from the bullets or explosive shrapnel flying from the air. It would be very effective in protecting a soldier or person from drone attack. For a manual umbrella (23), the shaft (5) can be made of two-way slidable rods so the shaft can be slide back to make more space for the soldier or person under the canopy (4).

[0058] When the umbrella (1) or (23) is open, the solider or person can watch through the observation hole (17) or zone (18) if the canopy is not transparent.

[0059] To close a manual umbrella (23), a soldier or person needs to manually pull the runner (2) down until passing the bottom spring (25). For some automatic umbrella (1), a soldier or a person only needs to push the open/close button (9) to close the umbrella (1). For some automatic umbrella (1), a soldier or person still needs to manually pull the runner (2) to close the umbrella (1).

[0060] When the umbrella (1) or (23) is closed, the umbrella (1) or (23) can be wrapped up by a tie wrap (12). A soldier or person can carry the umbrella (1) or (23) by hands.

VARIATIONS OF THE INVENTION

[0061] There are many variations of the invention. Following are a few examples. [0062] 1. An observation hole can be shape of a circle, a square, etc. [0063] 2. For an umbrella with a canopy of multiple layers of bulletproof material, there are different ways to combine plates of different bulletproof material with bulletproof fabrics.