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US 10,473,433 B2Granted
Bulletproof protection structure and corresponding bulletproof vest
AssigneeElet.Ca S.R.L. Con Socio Unico
InventorAlberto Contri
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Abstract
A bulletproof protection structure comprises at least a flexible base and a reinforcing structure realized by means of at least one ballistic panel associated with the flexible base. The ballistic panel is finely divided into a plurality of elementary components, individually associated with the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, so as to ensure flexibility for the structure as a whole.
Claims27
A bulletproof protection structure comprising:
- a flexible base made of ballistic fabric;
- and
- a reinforcing structure the reinforcing structure formed by means of at least one ballistic panel attached to the flexible base,
- wherein the ballistic panel is finely divided into a plurality of elementary components, the elementary components individually attached to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, so as to ensure a flexibility for the bulletproof protection structure as a whole and freedom of movement of the elementary components in multiple degrees of freedom,
- wherein the elementary components have a hexagonal shape, whereby the individual attachment of the elementary components to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, with the hexagonal shape provides multiple degrees of freedom,
- wherein the elementary components are associated with the flexible base in correspondence with at least a surface of maximum extension thereof,
- wherein the elementary components each have an area smaller than a surface extension of the ballistic panel by less than 2% of the surface extension of the ballistic panel,
- and wherein the elementary components are in the form of flat tiles having said hexagonal shape.
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A bulletproof protection structure comprising:
- a flexible base made of ballistic fabric;
- a reinforcing structure the reinforcing structure formed by means of at least one ballistic panel attached to the flexible base,
- wherein the ballistic panel is finely divided into a plurality of elementary components, the elementary components individually attached to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, so as to ensure a flexibility for the bulletproof protection structure as a whole and freedom of movement of the elementary components in multiple degrees of freedom;
- and
- a thermoplastic film for the attachment of the elementary components with the flexible base by gluing at locations on at least a surface of maximum extension of the elementary components,
- wherein the elementary components have a hexagonal shape, whereby the individual attachment of the elementary components to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, with the hexagonal shape provides two multiple degrees of freedom,
- wherein the elementary components each have an area smaller than a surface extension of the ballistic panel by less than 2% of the surface extension of the ballistic panel,
- and wherein the elementary components are in the form of flat tiles having said hexagonal shape.
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A bulletproof vest comprising:
- a flexible base made of ballistic fabric;
- and
- a reinforcing structure the reinforcing structure formed by means of a ballistic panel attached to the flexible base forming a bulletproof protection structure,
- wherein the ballistic panel is finely divided into a plurality of elementary components, the elementary components individually attached to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, so as to ensure a flexibility for the bulletproof protection structure as a whole and freedom of movement of the elementary components in multiple degrees of freedom,
- wherein the elementary components have a hexagonal shape, whereby the individual attachment of the elementary components to the flexible base, structurally independent of one another and not bound to each other, with the hexagonal shape provides multiple degrees of freedom,
- wherein the elementary components are associated with the flexible base in correspondence with at least a surface of maximum extension thereof,
- wherein the elementary components each have an area smaller than a surface extension of the ballistic panel by less than 2% of the surface extension of the ballistic panel,
- and wherein the elementary components are in the form of flat tiles having said hexagonal shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.