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.

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.