1. A slat ripper, comprising:
a hollow body comprising a longitudinal axis, a front end, a back end, a top wall, a bottom wall, two side walls, wherein each such wall has an inside and an outside face, and wherein the ends of the body are open, said hollow body having an internal portion defining a chamber of uniform cross-sectional geometry; and
cutting means comprising a cutting end and a non-cutting end fixedly disposed within the body chamber between and attached to the inside faces of the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein the cutting end of the cutting means is exposed only to the chamber;
wherein the cutting means further comprises material formed by cutting a right triangular slot into the back end of the top wall, wherein the cut wall material is bent inwards generally perpendicularly to the top wall and extends to the inner face of the bottom wall, and wherein the cut wall material is curved defining a curved portion cutting edge directed towards the front end, and wherein the cutting edge directed towards the front end is sharpened to form a blade.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the body further comprises two U-shaped channels and means to fixedly attach one channel to the other.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the uniform cross-sectional geometry is a rectangle.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least one slat from a plurality of uniformly sized slats is provided and the cross-sectional area of the chamber is sized slightly larger than the cross-sectional area of at least one slat of the slats provided wherein the apparatus can receive at least one slat within the inner wall faces along the chamber longitudinal axis of the apparatus.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the apparatus is constructed of twenty gauge stainless steel.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the means to fixedly attach one channel to the other further comprises two spot welds equidistantly spaced on each side wall wherein an outside face of one channel wall is thus welded to an inside face of the other channel wall to form one conjoined side, with the reverse relationship with respect to the respective inside-outside faces of the channel walls on the other conjoined side, and a spot weld attaching the curved portion of the cutting means to the inside face of the bottom wall.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the slat hollow body further comprises an external height dimension of 0.5 inches, an external width dimension of 2.5 inches, an external length dimension of 4.0 inches, and the dimensions of the triangle provided by the slot are a hypotenuse of 1.25 inches, a height of \u215d inches, and a base of \u215e inches.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the blade is located 1.5 inches from the outside face of one side wall.
9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the slat hollow body further comprises an external height dimension of 0.5 inches, an external width dimension of 2{fraction (1516)} inches, an external length dimension of 4.0 inches, and the dimensions of the triangle provided by the slot are a hypotenuse of 1.25 inches, a height of \u215d inches, and a base of \u215e inches.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the blade is located 1.5 inches from the outside face of one side wall.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is constructed from molded, high impact graphite.
12. A slat ripper, comprising:
a hollow body constructed of twenty gauge stainless steel comprising a longitudinal axis, a front end, a back end, a top wall, a bottom wall, two side walls, wherein each such wall has an inside and an outside face, wherein the ends of the body are open, and wherein the hollow body has an internal portion defining a chamber of uniform cross-sectional geometry, an external height dimension, an external width dimension, and an external length dimension;
a blade having a cutting edge and formed by cutting a right triangular slot into the back end of the top wall, wherein the cut wall material is bent inwards generally perpendicularly to the top wall and extends to the inner face of the bottom wall, wherein the cut wall material is curved defining a curved portion cutting edge is directed towards the front end; and wherein the blade is located 1.5 inches from the outside face of one side wall.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the hollow body further comprises an external height dimension of 0.5 inches, an external width dimension of 2.5 inches, an external length dimension of 4.0 inches, and the dimensions of the triangle provided by the slot are a hypotenuse of 1.25 inches, a height of \u215d inches, and a base of \u215e inches.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the hollow body further comprises an external height dimension of 0.5 inches, an external width dimension of 2{fraction (1516)} inches, an external length dimension of 4.0 inches, and the dimensions of the triangle provided by, the slot are a hypotenuse of 1.25 inches, a height of \u215d inches, and a base of \u215e inches.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-6. (canceled)
7. A field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system for a vehicle for protecting an occupant in the vehicle from a lethal threat, the vehicle having an OEM windscreen for viewing out of a front of the vehicle, the OEM windscreen being mounted in a peripheral channel of an OEM windscreen frame surrounding the OEM windscreen, the peripheral channel extending into a front surface of the OEM windscreen frame and the OEM windscreen being mounted with OEM fasteners extending into OEM holes in the OEM windscreen frame, the lethal threat protection system comprising:
a ballistic resistant windscreen mounted in a frame adapted to be located in the peripheral channel;
armor caps extending around a periphery of the frame;
armor fasteners extending through the armor caps and into holes in the OEM windscreen frame other than the OEM holes, the armor fasteners, armor caps and the ballistic resistant windscreen being removable from the peripheral channel and permitting the OEM windscreen to be remounted in the peripheral channel by the OEM fasteners extending through the OEM holes.
8. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 7 the frame locates the ballistic resistant windscreen substantially forward of the front surface of the OEM windscreen frame.
9. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 7 wherein the armor caps comprising manufactured holes providing a drill guide for drilling holes for the armor fasteners in the OEM windscreen frame.
10-11. (canceled)
12. A field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system for protecting an occupant in a vehicle from a lethal threat, the vehicle having a pair of rear wheel wells and the occupant being positioned forward of the rear wheel wells, the lethal threat protection system comprising:
armor adapted to be attachable with fasteners to a lower most surface of one of the rear wheel wells exposed to an interior the vehicle, the armor extending upward adjacent a forward surface of the one of the rear wheel wells, the fasteners and the armor being removable from the one of the rear wheel wells.
13. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 12 wherein the armor extends rearward adjacent a side surface of the one of the rear wheel wells.
14. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 12 further comprising rear partition armor adapted to be connected with fasteners to the rear wheel wells, the rear partition armor extending in a first direction between the rear wheel wells and extending in a second upward direction from a location between the rear wheel wells, the rear partition armor comprising insulation extending over an area substantially equal to a forward directed area of the rear partition armor.
15. A field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system for a vehicle for protecting an occupant in the vehicle from a lethal threat, the vehicle having a forward portion in which the lower legs and feet of the occupant are positioned, the lethal threat protection system comprising:
armor adapted to be attachable with fasteners to the vehicle adjacent a forward surface of the forward portion in which the lower legs and feet of the occupant are positioned, the fasteners and the armor being removable from the vehicle.
16. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 15 wherein the armor is located on an outer forward side of the forward surface.
17. The field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system of claim 15 wherein the armor is located on an inner rearward side of the forward surface.
18-20. (canceled)
21. A method of attaching a field retrofittable and reconfigurable lethal threat protection system for a vehicle for protecting an occupant in the vehicle from a lethal threat, the vehicle having OEM components connected thereto with OEM fasteners using OEM holes in the vehicle, the method comprising:
removing, in the field, at least one of the OEM components;
drilling, in the field, fastener holes in the vehicle that do not overlap or interfere with the OEM holes;
mounting, in the field, with second fasteners and using the fastener holes a component of the lethal threat protection system that substitutes for the at one of the OEM components;
subsequently removing, in the field, the second fasteners and the component of the lethal threat protection system; and
thereafter reinstalling, in the field, the at least one of the OEM components using the OEM holes.