Apparel – Guard or protector – Penetration resistant
Patent
1986-08-20
1987-10-06
Troutman, Doris L.
Apparel
Guard or protector
Penetration resistant
2 2, A41D 1300, F41H 102
Patent
active
046972854
ABSTRACT:
A protective vest system useful as a ballistics vest includes a front panel for overlying the chest region of a user, a front carrier containing the front panel, front strap-like elastically stretchable fastening means rigidly affixed to peripheral portions of the front panel and extending to the outside of the front carrier, a rear panel for overlying the back region of a user, a rear carrier containing the rear panel, and strap-like elastically stretchable rear fasteners rigidly affixed to peripheral portions of the rear panel and extending to the exterior of the rear carrier. Cooperating fasteners on the free end portions of the front and rear strap-like fasteners are attached to one another to rigidly secure the front and rear panels to the body of the user. Each panel includes multiple layers of a flexible and foldable impact-resistant material, such as a woven Kevlar fabric, overlying one another and contained within a flexible and foldable jacket. The multiple layers are free-floating relative to one another across an area encompassing at least a major portion of the area occupied the multiple layers so that the resulting front and rear protective panels are highly flexible and therefore comfortable and light in weight during use. The rigid attachment of the front and rear fasteners solely to peripheral regions of the panels stabilizes the otherwise free-floating multiple layers of each panel sufficiently to enable the multiple layers to remain in their flat overlying and protective positions after being impacted by multiple rounds fired from different angles during conventional ballistics testing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4079464 (1978-03-01), Roggin
patent: 4483020 (1984-11-01), Dunn
Safariland Ballistics, Inc.
Troutman Doris L.
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