PROTECTIVE JACKET Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: self-protection means. SUBSTANCE: protective jacket has package made of two parts. Some armor members are positioned on internal side of outer part and some armor members are located on external side of inner part of package. Fastening and adjustment aids are manufactured in the form of pockets housing protective packages are releasably anchored on packages of back and breast sections. Shock-absorbing fillers have through perforation which holes are arranged in most sensitive points of body. Ratio of diameter of perforated hole to thickness of shock-absorbing filler amounts to 2.0-8.0. Area of solar plexus is protected by one armor member resting against adjacent ones. Sides of this armor member are located at distance not less than 20-30 thicknesses of this armor member from center of solar plexus. EFFECT: higher level of protection, decreased pain sensation, reduced negative effect of impact momentum on human organism including most vulnerable area of solar plexus. 4 cl, 2 dwg