ARMORED VEST Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: development of means of individual protection, in particular, universal armored vests of various protection classes.

SUBSTANCE: the armored vest has a chest and back sections, fastening-adjusting components, shock-absorbing supports and outer covers, the sections are made in the form of sets of protective elements consisting of multi-layer packages ballistic fabric with junctions and armored plates positioned between the layers of the ballistic fabric the armored plates with provision of overlapping between the adjacent armored plates. At least 5 layers of fabric are placed in the protective elements before the armored plate, and the junction for placement for placement of the upper armored plate is positioned in the side part of the section, the fastening-adjusting components are made in the form of shoulder elements of fabric attached to the chest and back sections and interconnected textile fasteners and belts with buckles, and a belt attachment including a side catch for connection of the chest and back sections and an inner and outer belts with buckles, and the shock-absorbing support is made in the form of springing longitudinal rollers with a coating of fabric. The packages of ballistic fabric of the protective elements are connected on the rear wall by an additional stitch. Overlapping of 10-20 mm is provided between the adjacent armored-plates.

EFFECT: enhanced service life of the armored vest, enhanced reliability of protection, improved ergonomic characteristics, provided more uniform distribution of the weight load.

7 cl, 2 dwg, 1 tbl, 1 ex