Projectile proof vest
First Claim
1. A vest having projectile-stopping capabilities comprising inner and outer material cover layers for positioning about a body part of the user, a layer of ballistic material fitted between said layers, said ballistic material being flexible and having projectile-entrapping capabilities upon projectile impact, and including a layer of shock-resistant plate means located adjacent said ballistic material and forming a generally rigid surface when struck by a projectile, said plate means for spreading out and distributing the blunt trauma force of said projectile over a wide area of said vest, the improvement wherein said plate means includes a plurality of juxtaposed plate parts fitted edge to edge, each plate part including an outwardly projecting tab and having a marginal recess opening, said tab of each plate part fitted restrictively into said marginal opening of an adjacent plate part and overlying a portion of said adjacent plate part so as to constitute means for providing a one directional non-flexing interlock with such adjacent plate part to define said rigid surface.
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Abstract
A vest having projectile-stopping capabilities, including a network of inner shock-resistant plates lying under a layer of ballistic material to minimize the force imparted by a slowing projectile upon a wearer of the vest.
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- 1. A vest having projectile-stopping capabilities comprising inner and outer material cover layers for positioning about a body part of the user, a layer of ballistic material fitted between said layers, said ballistic material being flexible and having projectile-entrapping capabilities upon projectile impact, and including a layer of shock-resistant plate means located adjacent said ballistic material and forming a generally rigid surface when struck by a projectile, said plate means for spreading out and distributing the blunt trauma force of said projectile over a wide area of said vest, the improvement wherein said plate means includes a plurality of juxtaposed plate parts fitted edge to edge, each plate part including an outwardly projecting tab and having a marginal recess opening, said tab of each plate part fitted restrictively into said marginal opening of an adjacent plate part and overlying a portion of said adjacent plate part so as to constitute means for providing a one directional non-flexing interlock with such adjacent plate part to define said rigid surface.
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