Athletic safety jacket

An athletic safety protector for protecting a wearer from projectiles in sports activities comprising in combination a jacket having an upper torso covering portion forming a shield and removably attached sleeves attached to the upper torso covering portion at the shoulders with hook and loop features wherein each sleeve forms arm shields;

• said shields are constructed of a plurality of rigid members over their entirety comprised of compressed dense plastic closed cell polyethylene foam;
• said rigid members being enclosed between two fabric layers;
• said fabric layers being quilted together between said rigid members forming flattened compression borders therebetween to allow the bending of the shields and freedom of movement to the wearer;
• some of said flattened compressed borders between said rigid members having apertures therein to allow air flow between the wearer and the environment to cool the wearer and to lessen perspiring of the wearer while said jacket is worn;
• wherein said rigid members are square shaped in plan view and diamond shaped in cross-section forming a pyramidal shaped projection toward both the inside and outside of the garment.