ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,895, issued on July 15, was assigned to Verco Materials LLC (Atlanta).
"Compact handgun protection ballistic shield" was invented by Gabriel Todd (Atlanta), Robert F. Speyer (Atlanta), John A. Shupe (Atlanta) and Christian B. Schneider (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rollable ballistic shield that has a carrier having a strike face and a rear face opposite the strike face, a flexible ballistic panel inside the carrier facing the rear face, the flexible ballistic panel being comprised of a plurality of sheets ballistic fabric; and a resilient panel inside the carrier and facing the strike face, the resilient panel being a bo...