The invention relates to a covering of the kind that serves for bulletproof armouring of a wall and comprising a number of bulletproof plates.

Personnel from e.g. military units or humanitarian organizations in crisis areas often have to live and/or work in e.g. personnel containers which can be transported to and put up in the area in question easily and quickly.

However there are numerous examples of hostile persons shooting at the personnel in the containers via its walls which normally are not strong enough in themselves to stop a projectile.

A first aspect according to the invention is to provide a covering of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph, which is strong enough to stop a projectile.

A second aspect according to the invention is to provide a covering of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph, which takes up as little room as possible in storage.

A third aspect according to the invention is to provide a covering of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph, which easily can be transported to a crisis area together with the personnel containers.

A fourth aspect according to the invention is to provide a covering of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph, which can be mounted on the personnel containers easily and quickly.

A fifth aspect according to the invention is to provide a covering of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph, which cannot or only can be destroyed or removed from a personnel container with difficulty by unauthorized persons.

According to the invention, this is obtained if the covering comprises a support with a base for mounting on the wall and a number of pockets arranged to keep the plates in positions, in which they overlap or adjoin each other in twos, whereby the walls in e.g. a container can be covered by bulletproof plates easily and quickly without leaving a space through which shots could be fired.

If the base of the support is divided into sections having at least one row of pockets, the covering will furthermore be easy to store, transport to the place of use, and mount on e.g. a container which is to be made bulletproof.

The covering can furthermore comprise that at least two cooperating flaps are fastened on each of two adjacent sections at a distance from each of their opposite free edges on the two base sections, and that the flaps along their free edges can be provided with connection means, such as e.g. zippers or straps or Velcro™ or hooks or buttons. By means of this construction the sections can be assembled quickly and easily in such a way that the bulletproof plates are certain to overlap each other in mounted state.

If there are several flaps cooperating in pairs and having connection means, and the two flaps of each pair are fastened at a different distance from each of their opposite edges on the two base sections than the flaps of the other pairs, it is advantageously obtained that the same support can be used for bulletproof plates of different widths or optionally mounting rectangular plates either horizontally or vertically.

To eliminate the risk of the bulletproof plates being removed by unauthorized persons, the flaps and pockets can be located on opposite sides of the base and the pockets can face in towards the wall in the mounted state of the covering.

If the pockets furthermore are adapted to the size of the plates, and the pockets in each row in the sections are provided with an opening for insertion of one or more bulletproof plates, and each of these openings are located at a shorter distance from the opening of an adjacent pocket than the distance between the opening and bottom of a pocket, it is advantageously obtained that the bulletproof plates in a row are certain to overlap each other and simultaneously be secured effectively in their respective pockets.

The covering according to the invention can advantageously be used for bulletproofing for example a container. The sections on the side walls and the roof, respectively, can then be interconnected by connection means, such as zippers or straps or Velcro™ or hooks or buttons, in mounted state.

Unauthorized persons cannot or at least only with difficulty destroy the covering if at least the base of the support is made of a strong material, such as e.g. steel or textile.

The sections of the support can be assembled by means of the connection means to a complete unit encompassing the container and thereby retained on this one. For further protection for example wires or cables can be used to lock the support to the container.

The invention will be explained in greater details below, describing only exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawing, in which

Fig. 1 shows a container covered by a covering according to the invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevational, sectional, fractional view of a wall in the container in fig. 1 with a covering according to the invention,

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the covering in fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line of IV - IV of fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a view from within of a section of the covering according to the invention,

Fig. 6 is a view from outside of the section in fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a fractional view of a vertically mounted section with a bulletproof plate located in a pocket, and

Fig. 8 is on a larger scale a fractional sectional view of a number of the sections in fig. 7 in assembled state.

Fig. 1 shows a covering 1 according to the invention serving for bulletproof armouring of a container 2. As shown in fig. 2, the covering comprises a support 3 with a number of pockets 4. A bulletproof plate 5 is located in each pocket.

The covering is divided into a number of sections 6 indicated in solid line. Each section is provided with a row of pockets 4 indicated in broken line. As shown in fig. 3, the sections are interconnected by means of e.g. a zipper 7.

Dividing the covering into sections makes it possible to, if so desired, keep possible doors 8 and windows 9 in the container free of covering easily and quickly, as the part of the section in question quite simply is cut off or folded in under the section. Figs. 2 and 3 are fractional sectional views of a vertically mounted wall, on which the bulletproof covering is mounted, said covering consisting more specifically of a base 11, a number of pockets 4, and a number of bulletproof plates 5 located in the pockets 4.

The pockets are constructed in such a way that they overlap each other in an area 13. Thereby, it is advantageously obtained that there is no free space between the bulletproof plates through which shots can be fired.

Figs. 3 and 4 are fractional views of the support seen from within and above, respectively, with in this case three sections 6a, 6b, 6c provided with zippers 14a, 14b, 14c for connecting the sections to each other.

As seen in e.g. figs. 2, 4, and 8, each zipper is connected to the associated section at a distance from the edge of this section via a flap 16a,b,c,d of a length that allows the section to be connected to an adjacent section in such a way that the bulletproof plates will overlap each other.

This flap can be made of the same material as the rest o,f the support or can be elastic. In the last-mentioned case, the advantage is obtained in that the sections and thereby the bulletproof plates are kept tightly towards each other in the overlapping area.

Figs. 5 and 6 show, seen from within and from outside, respectively, a section 17 consisting of a base 11 having on one side two horizontal zippers 18a,b and four vertical zippers 19a,b and 20a,b, and on the other side six pockets overlapping each other as described with reference to fig. 2.

Each of the horizontal zippers are, as described earlier, fastened to the section via flaps 21a,b,c,d. The bulletproof plate 5 can for example be rectangular. The zippers 19a and 19d serve, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, to connect adjacent sections when the bulletproof plates are placed in the pockets with their long side oriented horizontally.

The zippers 20a and 20b serve, as shown in figs. 7 and 8, to connect adjacent sections when the bulletproof plates are placed in the pockets with their short side oriented horizontally. ~

The free sides 22a and 22b of the sections are folded, in this case as shown in fig. 8, onto the opposite side of the side on which the zippers are fastened.