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Ballistic vest

US5926842A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateOct 2, 1996
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/911
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ballistic vest of the soft body armor type comprises a plurality of overlying first flexible layers arranged in a stack on a strike side of the vest and a plurality of overlying second flexible layers arranged in a stack on a body side of the vest. One of the first or second flexible layers comprises unidirectional aramid fibers coated with resin and cross plied to form a flexible plastic sheet, and the other flexible layer comprises thin plastic ballistic fibers forming a thin flexible woven fabric sheet. The woven fabric sheet can consist of aramid fibers or non-aramid fibers.

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