US 11,939,812 B2
Protective panel and method of manufacture and use
David Gregory Pope, West Newbury, MA (US); and James Michael Pidhurney, Auburn, NH (US)
Filed by Entry Point International, LLC., Wilmington, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,960.
Application 17/648,960 is a continuation of application No. 16/703,474, filed on Dec. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,268,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/775,289, filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145696 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); E06B 5/10 (2006.01); E06B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 5/10 (2013.01) [B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); E06B 7/28 (2013.01); B32B 2307/558 (2013.01); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective panel comprising:
a translucent substrate panel comprising an array of flutes, the substrate panel having a first side and a second side;
a first security film having a first side and a second side, the first security film comprising one of polyester, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate glycol, acrylic, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, phenolics, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyoxymethylene, polyamide-imide, polyimide, or nylon;
wherein the first side of the security film is attached to the first side of the substrate panel;
wherein the protective panel is configured to be affixed over an opening of a building structure with the second side of the substrate panel toward the opening.