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US 10,591,256 B2Granted
Ballistic vest system with ballistic ridge component
AssigneeTYR Tactical, LLC
InventorJason Beck
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Abstract
Embodiments of a ballistic vest system having a ballistic vest plate carrier with a ballistic plate engaged to a ballistic ridge component disposed therein that provides protection against side spall and back face deformation caused by the impact of ballistic projectiles and shrapnel along the peripheral area of the ballistic plate and methods to manufacture such a ballistic vest systems are generally described herein. Other embodiments of a ballistic vest system may be described and claimed.
Claims10
A ballistic system comprising:
- a ballistic plate carrier having a pocket;
- and
- a ballistic ridge component configured to receive a ballistic plate having a plate body extending to a peripheral edge, a peripheral area of the plate body disposed adjacent to the peripheral edge, the ballistic ridge component comprising:
- a front surface defining a front opening exposing a portion of the ballistic plate;
- an inner surface;
- an outer surface;
- a side portion formed from the inner surface and the outer surface, the side portion oriented along a first axis;
- a bottom portion formed from the inner surface and the outer surface, the bottom portion oriented along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
- and
- an open ended slot defined by the side portion and the bottom portion, the open ended slot configured to receive the plate body such that, when the plate body is received by the open ended slot, the side portion and the bottom portion each cover respective portions of the peripheral area of the plate body and the plate body is freely seated in the open ended slot;
- wherein the pocket is shaped to receive the ballistic ridge component and the ballistic plate when the plate body is freely seated in the open ended slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.