Patent · US Expired

Bulletproof vest

US6175958A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
12References
10Claims
0Family size

Inventor

  • Bo Wu · Northville, US

Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41H1/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bulletproof vest which includes a vest body, the vest body having two receiving spaces respectively defined in two front panels thereof, two front openings respectively disposed at a front placket thereof in communication with the receiving spaces, and a rear opening disposed at a back panel thereof at an inner side between the receiving spaces, a front bulletproof shield mounted in the receiving spaces inside the vest body to protect the user's front side against bullet, the front bulletproof shield having two opposite extended lateral side portions respectively extended out of the rear opening at the vest body and fastened together by a hook joint, and a rear bulletproof shield fastened to the vest body at a back side by hook and loop materials to protect the user's back side against bullet.

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