Vehicle body armor support system (V-Bass)
First Claim
1. An armored system for vehicle occupant use, comprising a least one ballistic front ballistic plate and back ballistic plate made of a material which can stop high velocity projectiles and configured to be worn by the vehicle occupant selectively inside and outside a vehicle so as to transfer substantially all weight thereof directly to the vehicle through a vehicle seat or at least one load transfer point on the vehicle by the back ballistic plate on the seat or load transfer point of a vehicle.
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Abstract
The Vehicle Body Armor Support System (V-BASS) significantly enhances the survivability of vehicle crewmembers and occupants in aircraft and ground vehicles from high velocity projectiles such as shrapnel or bullets at minimum weight burden on the vehicle occupants. Current heavy body armor systems weigh 20 to 40 pounds. The majority of this weight is carried on the vehicle occupant'"'"'s torso and transferred through the occupant'"'"'spine to the seat. The Vehicle Body Armor Support System invention allows the direct transfer of the heavy body armor system'"'"'s weight directly to the seat or other points in the vehicle without burdening the occupant. This invention is comprised of a vehicle platform; an occupant seat supported by the vehicle platform; an occupant armor component carried on the occupant designed in such a fashion to transfer the weight of the armored component from the occupant to the seat or other points in the vehicle.
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- 1. An armored system for vehicle occupant use, comprising a least one ballistic front ballistic plate and back ballistic plate made of a material which can stop high velocity projectiles and configured to be worn by the vehicle occupant selectively inside and outside a vehicle so as to transfer substantially all weight thereof directly to the vehicle through a vehicle seat or at least one load transfer point on the vehicle by the back ballistic plate on the seat or load transfer point of a vehicle.
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12. An armored system for vehicle occupant use, comprising at least one front ballistic plate, a back ballistic plate and a side ballistic plate made of a material which can stop high velocity projectiles and configured to be contoured for being worn by the vehicle occupant selectively inside and outside a vehicle so as to transfer substantially all weight thereof directly to the vehicle through a vehicle seat or to at least one load transfer point on the vehicle by one of the front, back, or side ballistic plates on the seat or through one load transfer point on the vehicle.
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