BODY ARMOUR Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: individual protective means. SUBSTANCE: body armour has a safety vest made from aluminium lining 2 and ceramic strap 3. Moreover, the body armour has deflecting members 7. The outer surface of the ceramic strap is made with staggered cells in the form of a concave hemisphere, the deflecting members are fixed in the cells, the deflecting members are made on one side in the form of a convex hemisphere, and on the other side - in the form of a cone. Fixing material 10 is located between the cells and the deflecting members, the radius of the concave hemisphere of the strap is larger than the radius of the convex hemisphere of the deflecting member. EFFECT: improved characteristics. 2 cl, 3 dwg