Compact folding ballistic body armor system
US11953293B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H1/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A foldable ballistic body armor system having a linear arrangement of body panels. The linear arrangement of body panels includes a central body panel from which a front subset of body panels depends from a front edge of the central body panel while a rear subset of body panels depends from a front edge of the central body panel so that when a user crowns the central body panel, the front and rear body panels protect the front and rear flanks of the user under the urging of gravity in a deployment condition defining a rectangular prism. Each body panel is pivotably connected to its adjacent so that the overall system is foldable between a storage condition and the deployment condition.
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