Multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment and method
AssigneeSecond Chance Body Armor, Inc.
InventorsThomas E. Bachner, Jr., Mark S. Pickett
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Abstract
A multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment having a stab resistant sub-panel constructed of at least one layer of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric. A ballistic resistant sub-panel constructed of woven ballistic resistant sheets is provided in which at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel are aligned with one another.
Claims75
A multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment, comprising:
- a stab resistant sub-panel constructed of at least one layer of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric in which the layers of woven fabric of the stab resistant sub-panel have a weave of warp and weft fibers;
- a ballistic resistant sub-panel in which at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel are aligned with one another, and the ballistic resistant sub-panel is constructed of a plurality of woven ballistic resistant sheets which have a weave of warp and weft fibers, said weave of the layers of woven fabric of the stab resistant sub-panel being tighter than the weave of the sheets of the ballistic resistant sub-panel such that a higher number of warp and weft fibers per inch are employed in the layers of woven fabric of the stab resistant sub-panel than the warp and weft fibers per inch employed in the ballistic resistant sheets.
A multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment, comprising:
- a stab resistant sub-panel constructed of a plurality of layers of metallic cloth with each layer of cloth positioned to overlie one another in which the layers of metallic cloth are interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric and in which at least two of the plurality of layers of metallic cloth are formed of different constructions selected from the group of (a) chain mail, (b) wire mesh and (c) knit wire;
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- a ballistic resistant sub-panel in which at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel are aligned with one another.
A method of producing a multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a stab resistant sub-panel with at least one layer of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric;
- providing the layers of woven fabric of the stab resistant sub-panel to have a weave of warp and weft fibers;
- constructing a ballistic resistant sub-panel with a plurality of woven ballistic resistant sheets;
- providing the layers of woven ballistic resistant sheets of the ballistic resistant sub-panel with a weave of warp and weft fibers;
- providing the weave of the layers of the stab resistant sub-panel to be tighter than the weave of the sheets of the ballistic resistant sub-panel such that a higher number of warp and weft fibers per inch are employed in the layers of woven fabric of the stab resistant sub-panel than the warp and weft fibers per inch employed in the ballistic resistant sheets;
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- aligning at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel with one another.
A method of producing a multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a stab resistant sub-panel with a plurality of layers of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric;
- positioning the plurality of layers of metallic cloth of the stab resistant sub-panel to overlie one another;
- providing at least two of the plurality of layers of metallic cloth with different constructions selected from the group of (a) chain mail, (b) wire mesh, and (c) knit wire;
- constructing a ballistic resistant sub-panel with a plurality of woven ballistic resistant sheets;
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- aligning at least a portion of the stab resistant sub-panel and at least a portion of the ballistic resistant sub-panel with one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.