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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1981
Michael Sacks, Manchester, GB;
Other;
Abstract
A protective shield such as a personal, bullet-proof garment, formed by a separable front panel and back panel, fastened together into a vest by detachable tabs, is conformable to torso movement with comfort. The outer, penetration--resisting, layer of the shield comprises at least eight and preferably twentyeight, individual superposed plies of close woven fabric of aramid fibres, the intermediate, impact-spreading layer of the shield, comprises at least one ply of thin, flexible, impervious plastic sheeting such as polycarbonate and the inner, impact-cushioning, layer of the shield is formed of soft, relatively thick, foam plastic, to absorb impact and bullet bulge of the polycarbonate sheeting.