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US 12,398,981 B2Granted
Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same
AssigneeSafe Life Defense, L.L.C.
InventorsNick Groat, Brian Jones
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Abstract
A personal protective vest assembly is described herein. The personal protective vest assembly includes a personal protective vest and a body armor panel positioned within the personal protective vest. The body armor panel includes a ballistic material panel assembly that includes a plurality of layered material segments defined between a strike face and a wear face. Each of the layered material segments includes a different ballistic material.
Claims11
A body armor panel for use with a personal protective vest, comprising:
- an outer cover defining a panel assembly cavity;
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- a flexible ballistic material panel assembly positioned within the panel assembly cavity, the flexible ballistic material panel assembly including a plurality of layered material segments defined between a strike face and a wear face, each of the layered material segments including a different ballistic material, the plurality of layered material segments including:
- a first layered material segment including a layer of a first ballistic material defining the strike face, the first ballistic material is formed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber based composite laminate having an Areal density of about between 226 g/m2 and 240 g/m2 including four single layers of unidirectional sheet cross plied at 90 degrees to each other and consolidated with a rubber based matrix;
- a second layered material segment adjacent the first layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a second ballistic material that is different than the first ballistic material, the second ballistic material is formed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber based composite laminate having an Areal density of about between 208 g/m2 and 224 g/m2 including six single layers of unidirectional sheet cross plied at 90 degrees to each other and consolidated with a rubber based matrix;
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- a third layered material segment adjacent the second layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a third ballistic material that is different than the first and second ballistic materials;
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- a fourth layered material segment adjacent the third layered material segment and defining the wear face, the fourth layered material segment including a plurality of layers of a fourth ballistic material that is different than the third ballistic material.
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A personal protective vest assembly comprising:
- a personal protective vest including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a ballistic panel pocket defined between the outer surface and the inner surface, the inner surface including a slot for accessing the ballistic panel pocket;
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- body armor panel removably positioned within the ballistic panel pocket, the body armor panel including:
- an outer cover defining a panel assembly cavity;
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- a flexible ballistic material panel assembly positioned within the panel assembly cavity, the flexible ballistic material panel assembly including a plurality of layered material segments defined between a strike face and a wear face, each of the layered material segments including a different ballistic material, the plurality of layered material segments including:
- a first layered material segment including a layer of a first ballistic material defining the strike face, the first ballistic material is formed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber based composite laminate having an Areal density of about between 226 g/m2 and 240 g/m2 including four single layers of unidirectional sheet cross plied at 90 degrees to each other and consolidated with a rubber based matrix;
- a second layered material segment adjacent the first layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a second ballistic material, the second ballistic material is formed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber based composite laminate having an Areal density of about between 208 g/m2 and 224 g/m2 including six single layers of unidirectional sheet cross plied at 90 degrees to each other and consolidated with a rubber based matrix;
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- a third layered material segment adjacent the second layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a third ballistic material that is different than the first and second ballistic materials;
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- a fourth layered material segment adjacent the third layered material segment and defining the wear face, the fourth layered material segment including a plurality of layers of a fourth ballistic material that is different than the third ballistic material.
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