US1274621A - Soldier's protector. - Google Patents

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L. F. SOPATA.

SOLDIERS PROTECTOR. APPLlCATlON my) JUNE 1, ms;

1,274,621. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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SOLDI ER'S PROTECTOR.

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LOUIS FRANK SOPATA, OF EAST HAMMOND, INDIANA.

SOLDIERS PROTECTOR.

Application filed June 1, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS FRANK SOPATA, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at East Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldiers Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a protector for soldiers in the form of a banner that is readily transported to any desired position and quickly set up for use, the device possessing great strength and being easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bullet proof shield adapted to be set up for use for protecting soldiers from the rifle fire of the enemy and providing accommodations for holding gas masks and ammunition, while provision is made for rendering the device portable so as to be quickly and easily transferred from one point to another upon the firing line.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear of the device when set up for use;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the devlce in its inoperative position for transportation;

Fig. 4 is a front end elevational view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the device taken upon a large scale;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the plate when arranged for transportation with parts broken away;' and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of one of the brace connections.

My invention provides a bullet-proof shield or armor plate 10 having a stub axle 11 at each end thereof adapted for the removable reception of wheels 12 thereon and whereby the shield may be easily moved from one place to the other. A trough 13 is secured longitudinally upon one side of the plate 10, being the upper side of the plate when the same is positioned horizontally upon the wheels 12 as shown in Fig. 3. hen the plate 10 is desired for use as a barrier, the same is set upon edge as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and at Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

Serial No. 237,703.

which times the trough 13 is positioned upright for receiving ammunition and other articles in the compartments ll thereof.

Rods 15 are pivotally attached to the opposite edges of the plate 10 adjacent each endthereof, bolts 16 being detach-ably connected between the rear free ends of said rods. lVhen the rods 15 are so connected together by the bolts 16, a rearwardly projecting V-shaped bracket is provided at each end of the plate 10 for maintaining the lat ter in its operative upright position for accommodating a plurality of soldiers behind the same for firing at the enemy through ports or perforations 17 arranged in said plate 10.

Hooks 18 are provided upon the plate 10 above the trough 13 adapted for hanging clesirable articles such as gas masks thereon. After the employment of the device as a barrier, the wheels 12 may be positioned upon the axles 11 and the plate 10 swung to its substantially horizontal position while upon removing the bolt 16 the rods 15 are folded upon the plate 10 and will lie slightly restrained or wedged in passages 19 provided adjacent the opposite ends of the trough 13. Bow springs 20 are secured ad jacent the opposite longitudinal edges of the plate 10 upon the forward side thereof adapted for engaging the ground such as 21 when either edge of the plate 10 is permitted to lower onto the same. A plurality of straps 22 are carried by the opposite edges of the plate 10 for convenience in pulling the device in either direction when traveling upon the wheels 12.

The complete operation of the device will be fully understood from this detail description of the same when arranged either as a barrier or for transportation, it being seen that the bolts 16 connect the rods 15 together when. the device is set up as a barrier, but said bolts are removed for foldably positioning the rods upon the plate 10 when the device is in its inoperative position. The entire device, excepting the straps 22 and the wheels 12 are preferably formed of material, the plate 10 being bullet-proof after the manner of an armor plate so that the entire device possesses great strength.

What I claim as new is 1. A protector comprising an armor plate having firing ports therethrough, wheels detachably carried at the opposite ends of said plate, foldable positioning rods pivoted to the plate when mounted for transportationupon said wheels. V

2. In combination with an armor plate having firing ports therethrough,. positioning rods pivotally attached to the plate and extending rearwardly tiereof forming V- shaped frames when the device is set up for use, a tray secured longitudinally of the plate having transverse passages adjacent to opposite ends adapted for the reception of said rods when in their folded inoperative positions upon the said plate, ground wheels removably carried by the opposite ends of the plate, pull straps secured adj acent the upper and lower edges of the plate, and ground engaging springs carried by the front side of the plate adjacent to opposite edges adapted for engaging the ground when the plate is positioned at an inclination upon the said; wheels. In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnat ure. LOUIS FRANK SOPATA.

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Washington, D. C.

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