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US 2023/0160668 A1Published application
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.
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A body armor panel for use with a personal protective vest, comprising:
- an outer cover defining a panel assembly cavity;
- and
- a ballistic material panel assembly positioned within the panel assembly cavity, the 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;
- a second layered material segment adjacent the first layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a second ballistic material;
- and
- a third layered material segment adjacent the second layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a third ballistic material;
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- a fourth layered material segment adjacent the third layered material segment and defining the wear face.
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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;
- and
- body armor panel removably positioned within the ballistic panel pocket, the body armor panel including:
- an outer cover defining a panel assembly cavity;
- and
- a ballistic material panel assembly positioned within the panel assembly cavity, the 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;
- a second layered material segment adjacent the first layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a second ballistic material;
- and
- a third layered material segment adjacent the second layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a third ballistic material;
- and
- a fourth layered material segment adjacent the third layered material segment and defining the wear face.
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A method of fabricating a body armor panel, comprising:
- forming a 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, a second layered material segment adjacent the first layered material segment and including a plurality of layers of a second ballistic material, and a third layered material segment adjacent the second layered material segment, and a fourth layered material segment adjacent the third layered material segment and defining the wear face;
- applying a first heat treatment to the ballistic material panel assembly to increase a temperature of the ballistic material panel assembly to a predefined temperature;
- applying a compression treatment to the heated ballistic material panel assembly at a predefined pressure and a predefined period of time to form a hardened ballistic material panel assembly;
- positioning the hardened ballistic material panel assembly within an outer cover and welding the outer cover to form a perimeter seam about a perimeter of the hardened ballistic material panel assembly to seal the hardened ballistic material panel assembly within the outer cover to form a body armor panel;
- applying a second heat treatment to the body armor panel to increase a temperature of the body armor panel to a second predefined temperate;
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- applying a conditioning treatment to the heated body armor panel to increase a flexibility of the body armor panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.