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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Warwick Mills Inc., New Ipswich, NH (US);

Inventor:

Matthew C Gray, Rindge, NH (US);

Assignee:

Warwick Mills, Inc., New Ipswich, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/02 (2006.01); F41H 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/0471 (2013.01); B32B 27/02 (2013.01); F41H 1/02 (2013.01); F41H 5/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flexible mosaic armor system that defeats threats at any attack angle includes top and middle solid elements layers separated by uniform gaps that intersect at apexes. The top elements can have a 'hem' shape with raised edges. The middle elements can be flat, or can also have a hem shape. In embodiments, the edges of the top and middle layers are aligned and separated by an offset that is three or four times the gap width. Off-axis spike and needle strikes are thereby trapped between the two solid element layers, without added textile reinforcement. Embodiments include an apex layer of solid elements that overlap the first layer apexes, the apex layer being the second layer or a third layer beneath the 2 upper layers. The apex layer can be sandwiched between two textile backer layers that provide a full uninterrupted bonding surface to all of the solid element layers.


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