BULLETPROOF FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: manufacture of means of individual protection, protection of foxholes, motor vehicles, etc. SUBSTANCE: proposed bulletproof flexible structure includes protective elements put on material of base and manufactured in the form of parts from hard material with reflecting side facing outwards. Base is made of elastic material and protective elements are not rigidly intertied but are arranged in material of base in several layers with overlapping of spacings between elements by following layers of protective elements. Reflecting side of protective element is fabricated in the form of cylindrical surface or combination of cylindrical surfaces in the form of angle pieces, pyramids or prisms. EFFECT: directed change of trajectory of travel of bullet. 4 cl, 2 dwg