US 12,090,930 B2
Safety system for public transit
Paul Arthur Lindman, Redondo Beach, CA (US); Ivan De La Torre, La Puente, CA (US); Victor Manuel Orejel, Norwalk, CA (US); and Arturo Estrada, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to CITY OF TORRANCE, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by City of Torrance—Torrance Transit, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,681.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/090,332, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111803 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/0823 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protection panel, comprising:
a piece of material defining a covered area; and
a rail with an exterior surface and a circular cross-section;
a connection device comprising
a first connection plate,
a second connection plate coupled via a spacer to the first connection plate and spaced parallel the first connection plate,
a roller mechanism comprising
a first pair of wheels coupled to a first L-bracket positioned adjacent the first connection plate operable to perpendicularly engage an exterior surface of the rail and allow the roller mechanism to translate along the longitudinal axis of the rail along a first half of the exterior surface of the rail, and
a second pair of wheels coupled to a second L-bracket positioned adjacent the second connection plate operable to perpendicularly engage the exterior surface of the rail along a second half of the exterior surface of the rail opposite the first half of the exterior surface,
one or more jam nuts operable to adjust a position and corresponding force of one or more of a wheel of the first pair of wheels and the second pair of wheels,
wherein the connection device attaches the piece of material to the rail for sliding engagement therewith and further wherein a first wheel of the first pair of wheels engages the exterior surface of the rail at a location opposite a first wheel of the second pair of wheels.