Apparel – Guard or protector – Penetration resistant
Patent
1997-09-10
1999-05-18
Mohanty, Bibhu
Apparel
Guard or protector
Penetration resistant
428911, F41H1/02;1/04
Patent
active
059039205
ABSTRACT:
A garment for personal protection against both shots from firearms and stabs from stabbing weapons, wherein the garment comprises an outer covering, an inner covering, and a shot-absorbing unit located between the outer covering and the inner covering. The shot-absorbing unit includes: (i) a plurality of first layers of woven fibers with different mesh sizes, the first layers being flexibly fixed relative to one another and being positioned in mutually different directions, (ii) a plurality of second layers of woven fibers with different mesh sizes, the second layers being flexibly fixed relative to one another and being positioned in mutually different directions, and (iii) at least one intermediate member provided between the first layers and the second layers, the intermediate member being flexibly fixed relative to at least one of the first layers and having mutually interlinked and at least partially mutually movable rings which are made of a material which is capable of resisting sharp objects. The first and second layers of the shot-absorbing unit are placed in a direction of potential incidence of a bullet and a stabbing weapon, with the first layers being positioned closest to the outer covering and the second layers being positioned closest to the inner covering. The second layers are greater in number than the first layers and a total number of the first and second layers and a density of each of the first and second layers are such that the garment has as light a weight and as thin a size as possible and such that the garment maintains relative flexibility in order to thereby be adaptable to and accompany movements of a wearer without obstructing the wearer in any essential respect.
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Mohanty Bibhu
Safeboard AB
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