Ballistic protective wear for female torso
Assignee3Tex, Inc.
InventorsMansour Hussein, Grey Parker
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Abstract
A multilayer laminated woven structure for ballistic protective wear that is moldable to substantially conform to a female torso and capable of retaining that molded shape for providing increased comfort and ease of movement when the protective wear is in use. A three-dimensional woven material is used for the base functional layer of the ballistic protective wear. Also, a thermoplastic material is employed to fuse the fibers of the three-dimensional woven material to each other to provide improved handling during lamination of the material and improved ballistic resistance during use.
Claims15
A multilayer laminate for ballistic and impact-resistant protective wear comprising:
- at least one three-dimensional woven material providing an exterior surface, wherein each of the at least one three-dimensional woven material has three substantially orthogonal fiber systems and an opposing body side surface, the surfaces forming a substantially planar surface having at least one region including a non-planar surface.
A method for forming a multilayer laminate for ballistic and impact-resistant protective wear comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one three-dimensional woven material with three substantially orthogonal fiber systems having an exterior surface and an opposing body side surface, the surfaces forming a substantially planar surface
- deforming at least one region of the substantially planar surface of the laminate to produce at least one non-planar surface, the at least one non-planar surface being retained over time and not returning to its initial substantially planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.