Barrier element for vehicle door
DCFirst Claim
1. A barrier element for protecting a law enforcement vehicle door interior panel from an occupant of an adjacent vehicle seat, comprising:
- a body having sufficient thickness to have a nondeformable shape and to provide impact resistance, the body being shaped to enclose the vehicle door interior panel and to block the occupant'"'"'s access to an interior door handle, a lock control and a window control of an associated vehicle door, wherein the body is configured to cover the vehicle door interior panel from its top extent to its bottom extent and from its forward extent to its rear extent, the body comprising a main surface and adjoining side surfaces,wherein the barrier element is securable to the vehicle door at locations that are positioned away from the main surface of the body to be inaccessible to the occupant, thereby resisting efforts by the occupant to tamper with the vehicle door or the vehicle door interior panel and resisting damage to the vehicle door interior panel from occupant strikes to the barrier element.
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Abstract
A barrier element for protecting a vehicle door interior panel of a vehicle door from an occupant of an adjacent vehicle seat comprises a body and an arm rest portion. The body is shaped to enclose the vehicle door interior panel and to block the occupant'"'"'s access to an interior door handle, a lock control and a window control. The body has a self-supporting shape and is configured to cover the vehicle door interior panel. The arm rest portion is formed in the body and projects away from a surrounding surface of the body. The arm rest portion defines a self-supporting shape that follows contours of an arm rest of the interior vehicle door panel and provides an arm rest surface upon which an arm can be rested. The barrier element is securable to the vehicle door with fasteners that are positioned to be inaccessible to the occupant.
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1. A barrier element for protecting a law enforcement vehicle door interior panel from an occupant of an adjacent vehicle seat, comprising:
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a body having sufficient thickness to have a nondeformable shape and to provide impact resistance, the body being shaped to enclose the vehicle door interior panel and to block the occupant'"'"'s access to an interior door handle, a lock control and a window control of an associated vehicle door, wherein the body is configured to cover the vehicle door interior panel from its top extent to its bottom extent and from its forward extent to its rear extent, the body comprising a main surface and adjoining side surfaces, wherein the barrier element is securable to the vehicle door at locations that are positioned away from the main surface of the body to be inaccessible to the occupant, thereby resisting efforts by the occupant to tamper with the vehicle door or the vehicle door interior panel and resisting damage to the vehicle door interior panel from occupant strikes to the barrier element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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