Products & bus fit

Start with the space you need to define.

Name: Original Soft Shield
Brand: Original Soft Shield

Plan around one rider, the driver area, or the full vehicle. We’ll help match the shield size, attachment points, and orientation to the bus instead of forcing the job into a generic package.

Build your shield plan Ask about your vehicle

Soft Shield panels configured throughout an actual school bus interior

Choose by need

What are you trying to separate?

Start with the rider, driver, or vehicle area. Product numbers come after we understand the seating position and the actual interior.

About the images: Product designs and mounting details have changed over time. Some product and installation photos show earlier versions, so the current configuration supplied for your vehicle may differ in appearance.

Several Soft Shield panels installed upright between school bus seating positions

For a specific seating area

Create a defined space around one rider.

A clear, soft panel mounts at the top of the seat and extends the existing seat boundary upward. Use one in front, one behind, or combine them with an aisle-side shield. It does not run to the ceiling.

18"Passenger Seat 18"Limited coverage and certain exit-row applications

25"Passenger Seat 25"Shorter side of many New Jersey 60/40 seats

33"Passenger Seat 33"Common starting point for many national-style seats

40"Passenger Seat 40"Longer side of many New Jersey 60/40 seats

Seat shape, width, exit-row clearance, and the customer’s desired coverage determine the final model.

For the driver or aisle side of a seat

Add separation beside the seating position.

A taller five-sided shield is used to the driver’s right, along the aisle for an individual seating area, or reoriented for certain commercial and paratransit interiors.

30"

Driver 30"

Usual starting point for conventional full-size school buses and many measured aisle applications.

40"

Driver 40"

Common for flat-nose, city, cutaway, Gillig, paratransit, and other custom configurations.

Same webbing system throughout: every shield uses the same long and short webbing types. The attachment locations and orientation change with the shield and vehicle configuration.

Soft Shield installed beside the driver area of a bus

Soft Shield configurations installed in a commercial transit bus

For commercial transit & paratransit

Configure around rails, seats, and open interiors.

Commercial transit seating uses a different seat-shield setup than a standard school-bus bench. Gillig, paratransit, cutaway, and shuttle interiors are planned from the rail structure, seat style, aisle clearance, and intended orientation.

TransitGillig and city-bus interiors

CutawayDiamond, Champion, and E-series bodies

Rear seatMeasured commercial passenger positions

Wheelchair positions: floor-length panels can be configured around wheelchair seating areas and confirmed compatible Q'STRAINT or other wheelchair-track attachment points. Vehicle, track, hardware, lift, and securement clearances are verified before the configuration is quoted.

Same long-and-short webbing system: commercial configurations use the same webbing types, attached at the locations and orientation required by the vehicle.

Custom is normalPlanning for a custom vehicle or interior?

Send photos, measurements, mounting details, or a sketch. We routinely adapt orientation, straps, and shield selection around real interiors.

Show us your setup

Vehicle starting points

One adaptable design. Purpose-configured for the vehicle.

The shield and webbing system was designed to support multiple applications. Orientation, attachment locations, and model selection are configured deliberately for each interior.

Conventional full-size

Driver 30″ is the usual large-shield starting point. Passenger model depends on the seat behind the driver or the selected student area.

Flat-nose / walk-in

Driver 40″ is commonly used beside the driver. Actual clearances and mounting points must be measured.

Cutaway & small bus

Diamond, Champion, E-series, and similar interiors use measured Driver 30″ or Driver 40″ configurations.

Paratransit & city shuttle

The Driver 40″ may be rotated 90 degrees or strapped differently for Gillig-style and other commercial interiors.

Minivan & custom vehicle

The adaptable shield design can work in other vehicles when mounting points, orientation, and clearances are confirmed from photos and measurements.

Common starting points

Choose the area. We’ll match the parts.

The quote builder turns these same decisions into a shield plan that our team uses to confirm fit and prepare your quote.

One rider

Specific seating area

Usually one passenger shield in front, one behind, and an optional measured Driver-series shield along the aisle side.

Driver

Driver-area package

A passenger shield behind the driver plus a Driver 30″ or Driver 40″ to the driver’s right, selected by vehicle and measurement.

Fleet

Whole-vehicle layout

Passenger models are matched to each side of the bus, with exit rows, the rear-most seat, and the driver area handled separately.

Open the guided builder

Hardware & seat control

Replacement kits and seat blockers.

Shield kits include the required mounting hardware. Separate kits support replacement or alternate configurations; seat blockers provide a simple way to mark a seat unavailable.

Replacement hardware

Bus Strap Kit

Replacement straps and mounting hardware for one passenger-seat or driver shield.

Commercial hardware

Commercial Strap Kit

Replacement hardware for a shield configured in a commercial vehicle.

Seat control

Seat Blocker

A webbing barrier that runs down the center of a seat to mark the position unavailable. Standard configurations use black or red webbing with white or red applied-vinyl or embroidered lettering. A bilingual version is also available.

Before we quote

Three details make the recommendation useful.

1
Vehicle
Body style, interior layout, and the exact mounting environment.
2
Area
Driver, one or more passenger seating areas, or the full vehicle.
3
Photos & measurements
Seat width, spacing, clearances, belts, wheelchair equipment, and usable mounting points.

Build your shield plan

Start with your route

Show us the bus. We’ll match the configuration.

Send the vehicle type, intended seating area, photos, and any measurements you have. Custom interiors and installation requirements are welcome.

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