ARMORED JACKET "GRAIN" Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: individual protection. SUBSTANCE: multilayer bulletproof shield 5 and shock- absorber 6 are installed in succession in flaps 3 and pockets 4 made on breastplate 1 and back 2. Bulletproof shield 5 is made of three laminated packets, the first of them is made of materials with a high ability of local expansion, the second packet is made of materials with a high resistance to local expansion, and the third packet is made of a set of various materials, whose rupture strength and ability of local expansion decrease from the upper layer to the lower one. All packets are interconnected by an arbitrary stitch. The shock absorber is made as a flexible plate that is not disposed to local deflection, strips of elastic material are installed at a distanced of 0.5 to 1.5 of the strip width from one another. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 5 dwg