Client: Fromm Barriers, Inc.
Industry: Military, Law Enforcement
Assistance Provided: New Product Development
Objective: Development of a rapidly deployable mobile system which provides blast and ballistic protection for individuals and units serving in law enforcement, security and military
Working with the client and SBDC team, I assisted with a patent and prior art search for similar security barrier designs, made design suggestions, and created SolidWorks models of initial concepts. The models that follow were rendered in PhotoView 360.
“The Bucknell SBDC is accessible, professional, and their experience is indispensable. I can personally attest to their ability to provide expert assistance; it has been critical to the development of my product.”
-Jeff Fromm, owner, Fromm Barriers, Inc.
Objective: Development of a rapidly deployable mobile system which provides blast and ballistic protection for individuals and units serving in law enforcement, security and military
Working with the client and SBDC team, I assisted with a patent and prior art search for similar security barrier designs, made design suggestions, and created SolidWorks models of initial concepts. The models that follow were rendered in PhotoView 360.
“The Bucknell SBDC is accessible, professional, and their experience is indispensable. I can personally attest to their ability to provide expert assistance; it has been critical to the development of my product.”
-Jeff Fromm, owner, Fromm Barriers, Inc.
SolidWorks model of Fromm Barriers RDB54 Combat Barrier System, rear view
SolidWorks model of Fromm Barriers RDB54 Combat Barrier System, front view
SolidWorks model of Fromm Barriers RDB54 Combat Barrier System, top view
SolidWorks model of Fromm Barriers RDB54 Combat Barrier System placed into combat scene showing potential use
Today Fromm Barriers stands ready to supply this high standard of protection to law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Military, andU.S. Allies. Its patented (U.S.7,494,112) Rapidly Deployable Barrier RDB 54 Combat Barrier System, is the only system in the world that can be deployed and reloaded by individual members of a tactical unit. With a team with over 100 years of combined law enforcement, security, and military experience, Fromm’s products combine experience with modern technology and rigorous field testing. After extensively demonstrating the product to the U.S. military and law enforcement, the first units shipped to the Tulsa County Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office in fall of 2009
