BALLISTIC TICKET BOARD
A ballistic ticket board made typically of transparent armor and possibly opaque armor (but also possibly either entirely transparent armor or entirely opaque armor), serving as a shield to protect a police officer or traffic control officer from gunshot.
1 . A ballistic ticket board, comprising:
a plate of armor; and
at least one clip attached to a work surface side of the plate for holding a ticket form on the plate.
2 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , further comprising a license holder embedded or attached to the work surface side of the plate of armor, for holding a license.
3 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 2 , wherein the license holder is provided as an indented region on the work surface side of the plate of armor.
4 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate comprises a plurality of strike plies separated by and held together by sheets of interlayer material.
5 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 4 , wherein at least some of the strike plies are glass.
6 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 4 , wherein at least some of the strike plies are polymethyl methacrylate.
7 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 4 , wherein at least some of the strike plies are polycarbonate.
8 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 4 , further comprising a spall-liner having a surface serving as the work surface.
9 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 8 , wherein the spall-liner is a polycarbonate.
10 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 8 , wherein the polycarbonate is coated with a scratch-resistant coating on the work surface side.
11 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate has a cutout region for serving as a handhold.
12 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate has a handle attached to a side of the plate opposite the work surface.
13 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve made from body armor material attached along the length of the sleeve to the side of the plate opposite the work surface.
14 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 13 , wherein the sleeve is made from Kevlar®.
15 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 13 , wherein the sleeve is made from Spectra Shield®.
16 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate is made at least in part from transparent armor.
17 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate is made at least in part from opaque armor.
18 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the plate has a central portion made from transparent armor and an outer periphery made from opaque armor.
19 . The ballistic ticket board as in claim 1 , wherein the board is manufactured in either a right-handed orientation or a left-handed orientation.