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US 10,895,437 B2Granted
Ballistic underwear
AssigneeBlücher GmbH
InventorKatrin Freier
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Abstract
The invention relates to ballistic underwear. The base area of the underwear is composed of shrapnel-resistant UHMWPE knitwear 1 and at least one other, different textile material 2, 200, 14. The UHMWPE knitwear is arranged in a first zone of the base area.
Claims7
An undergarment providing ballistic protection,
- wherein a base area of the undergarment is composed of a fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and of at least one further textile material being different from the fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE,
- wherein UHMWPE represents an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is produced by weft-knitting with independently-movable needles and has a basis weight of not less than 150 g/m2, wherein a linear density of yarn used for producing the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is not less than 50 dtex and not more than 440 dtex,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is arranged in a first zone of the base area,
- wherein the first zone forms at least a part of the base area of the undergarment which is adapted to at least partially cover at least one of the hereinbelow recited regions of the human body,
- a) internal organs,
- b) liver, kidney, bladder, digestive organs and spleen,
- c) abdomen and urinary tract,
- d) aorta and venous system,
- e) perineum and anal region,
- and
- wherein loops of the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are formed such that a pattern of mutually parallel longitudinal ribs are formed in principal areas of the knitted fabric, wherein at least two layers of the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are arranged on top of each other in the first zone by being twisted 90° relative to each other and in a parallel plane alignment to each other, and
- wherein the at least one further textile material forms at least one second zone and at least one third zone of the base area, wherein the further textile material arranged in a third zone is formed as an elastic textile material,
- wherein the at least one further textile material and the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are stitched together and
- wherein in a region adapted to adjoin the thighs or a genital region, there is formed at least one pocket including insertable protective packets conformed to the pocket, wherein the protective packets are formed of a fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and wherein the protective packets are formed by at least four superposed plies of knitted fabric made of UHMWPE.
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An undergarment providing ballistic protection,
- wherein a base area of the undergarment is composed of a fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and of at least one further textile material being different from the fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE,
- wherein UHMWPE represents an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is produced by weft-knitting with independently-movable needles and has a basis weight of not less than 150 g/m2, wherein a linear density of yarn used for producing the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is not less than 50 dtex and not more than 440 dtex,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is arranged in a first zone of the base area,
- wherein the first zone forms a part of the base area of the undergarment which is adapted to at least partially cover at least one of the hereinbelow recited regions of the human body,
- a) internal organs,
- b) liver, kidney, bladder, digestive organs and spleen,
- c) abdomen and urinary tract,
- d) aorta and venous system,
- e) perineum and anal region,
- and
- wherein loops of the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are formed such that a pattern of mutually parallel longitudinal ribs are formed in principal areas of the knitted fabric, and
- wherein the at least one further textile material forms at least one second zone and at least one third zone of the base area, wherein the further textile material arranged in the third zone is formed as an elastic textile material,
- wherein the at least one further textile material and the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are stitched together,
- wherein in a region adapted to adjoin the thighs or a genital region, there is formed at least one pocket including insertable protective packets conformed to the pocket, wherein the protective packets are formed of the fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and wherein the protective packets are formed by at least four superposed plies of knitted fabric made of UHMWPE, and
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and the at least one further textile material are stitched together in regions of the mutually adjoining edges and wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and the at least one further textile material overlap at most in regions of the mutually adjoining edges.
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An undergarment providing ballistic protection,
- wherein a base area of the undergarment is composed of a fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and of at least one further textile material being different from the fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE,
- wherein UHMWPE represents an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is produced by weft-knitting with independently-movable needles and has a basis weight of not less than 150 g/m2, wherein a linear density of yarn used for producing the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is not less than 50 dtex and not more than 440 dtex,
- wherein the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE is arranged in a first zone of the base area,
- wherein the first zone forms a part of the base area of the undergarment which is adapted to at least partially cover at least one of the hereinbelow recited regions of the human body,
- a) internal organs,
- b) liver, kidney, bladder, digestive organs and spleen,
- c) abdomen and urinary tract,
- d) aorta and venous system,
- e) perineum and anal region,
- and
- wherein loops of the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are formed such that a pattern of mutually parallel longitudinal ribs are formed in principal areas of the knitted fabric, and
- wherein at least one further textile material forms at least one second zone and at least one third zone of the base area, wherein the further textile material arranged in the second zone is formed as a textile mesh having open and air-permeable pores and wherein the further textile material arranged in the third zone is formed as an elastic textile material,
- wherein the at least one further textile material and the knitted fabric made of UHMWPE are stitched together,
- wherein in a region adapted to adjoin the thighs or a genital region, there is formed at least one pocket including insertable protective packets conformed to the pocket, wherein the protective packets are formed of a fragmentation-penetration inhibiting knitted fabric made of UHMWPE and wherein the protective packets are formed by at least four superposed plies of knitted fabric made of UHMWPE, and
- wherein the undergarment has pant legs which have pant leg cuffs at the ends of the pant legs to secure the pant legs in place, wherein the pant leg cuffs are elastic or adapted to be adjustable to the wearer of the undergarment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.