Reinforced soft and hard body armor
OwnerT. Tyler Zufleinventor
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Abstract
The invention is reinforced soft and hard body armor utilizing a plurality of layers or plies of dissimilar ballistic material in combination with a reinforcing panel positioned inwardly of the multiple plies of ballistic material with the reinforcing panel being constructed of a work hardenable material to reduce penetration of a projectile thereby reducing blunt trauma injury. The multiple plies of ballistic material include a unique arrangement of multiple plies of an aramid fiber available under the trademark "Kevlar" or "TWARON" and multiple plies of a non-woven ballistic material available under the trademark "Spectra Shield" and the reinforcing panel is a polycarbonate material such as available under the trademark "Lexan".
Claims6
A reinforced soft and hard body armor for use in combination with a supporting structure in protective relation to a protected surface to prevent damage to the surface by a projectile approaching the surface at a relatively high velocity, said armor consisting of a plurality of overlying plies of flexible ballistic material, a flexible reinforcing panel engaged with the innermost of the multiple plies and positioned between the multiple plies of ballistic material and the protected surface, said reinforcing panel being malleable and constructed of polycarbonate material which hardens when impacted by a projectile to reduce inward deformation of the multiple plies of ballistic material and the reinforcing panel thereby reducing blunt trauma injury to the protected surface and increasing the reistance to penetration of the projectile to prevent it from contacting the protected surface.
A ballistic armor for use in combination with a supporting structure in protective relation to a protected surface to prevent damage to the surface by a projectile approaching the surface at a relatively high velocity, said armor comprising a plurality of overlying plies of ballistic material including single outer plies of an aramid fiber and a plurality of layers of aramid fiber and non-woven ballistic material with two groups of multiple plies of non-woven ballistic material engaging the outermost single plies of aramid fiber and a group of a plurality of plies of aramid fiber between the groups of non-woven fibers.
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