SAFETY JACKET Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: means of individual protection. SUBSTANCE: jacket is comprised of breast and back of identical construction interconnected by napped textile fasteners 8. Breast consists of fabric cover 5 with assembly fabric plate 6 inside. Installed symmetrically on both sides of said plate are armor plates overlapping one another in a manner of fish scales. The armor plates have curvilinear surfaces whose convexities are oriented in the same direction, the armor plates of the 2nd layer being made of a more plastic material than those of the 1st layer. A flexible laminated package 7 of high-tenacity fabric installed after plate 6 closer to the body is enclosed into flexible watertight cover. EFFECT: higher reliability. 5 cl, 7 dwg