Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
089360050 | Body | 18 |
20090320676 | Ceramic armour and method of construction - An armor for protection against large caliber projectiles has a ceramic layer with a confinement layer on a front thereof. The ceramic layer is backed by a first metallic layer and the first metallic layer in turn is backed by a composite layer. The composite layer is backed by a second metallic layer, which in turn is backed by an anti-trauma layer. The armor is used to protect personnel, but it can also be used to protect objectives such as vehicles. | 12-31-2009 |
20110120295 | Load Bearing Tactical Vest - A load bearing vest comprising a yoke, a core for carrying armor attached to the yoke, and a waist belt assembly for distributing weight to the waist or hips of a user attached to the yoke. | 05-26-2011 |
20120132065 | Body armor ballistic plate carrier - The present plate carrier includes front and rear panel sections with internal pockets for supporting ballistic plates and inserts, but positions the rear panel section to provide improved thoracic protection. The front and rear panel sections are suspended by shoulder straps, which connect to the rear panel section at a mid point below the top edge of the rear panel section. The mid point connection of the shoulder straps causes the rear panel section to ride higher than the front panel section and higher on the wearer's back thereby positioning the ballistic plate inside high on the wearer's back and providing better ballistic coverage of the wearer's upper thoracic area. One of the internal pockets of each panel section has facing strips of hook and loop material sewn around its inner periphery that adhere together around a ballistic plate to center and hold the plate in place within the pocket. | 05-31-2012 |
20120132066 | Body armor ballistic plate carrier - The present plate carrier includes front and rear panel sections with internal pockets for supporting ballistic plates and inserts, but positions the rear panel section to provide improved thoracic protection. The front and rear panel sections are suspended by shoulder straps, which connect to the rear panel section at a mid point below the top edge of the rear panel section. The mid point connection of the shoulder straps causes the rear panel section to ride higher than the front panel section and higher on the wearer's back thereby positioning the ballistic plate inside high on the wearer's back and providing better ballistic coverage of the wearer's upper thoracic area. One of the internal pockets of each panel section has facing strips of hook and loop material sewn around its inner periphery that adhere together around a ballistic plate to center and hold the plate in place within the pocket. The plate carrier has removable side plate pockets mounted to a detachable cummerbund by hook and loop fasteners allowing the ballistic plates to be properly positioned on the cummerbund. | 05-31-2012 |
20120174764 | PROTECTIVE COVER - The invention provides a removable cover for a body armour plate, the cover including a sheet of strong fabric intended to face away from the plate, and an inner, foamed layer intended to face the plate, the cover being surrounded by an endless resilient edging for surrounding a periphery of the plate so as to retain the cover in place on the plate. | 07-12-2012 |
20120180634 | METHOD FOR MAKING LIGHTWEIGHT, CAST TITANIUM HELMETS AND BODY ARMOR - Methods for manufacturing cast titanium helmets include casting a helmet in an oversized mold. The resulting oversized cast helmet is then exposed to a hot isostatic press (HIP) process that applies heat and pressure for a predetermined period of time. The resulting oversized cast helmet is then exposed to an acid bath that chemically mills the helmet to a desired thickness and removes contaminants formed during casting of titanium. | 07-19-2012 |
20130098234 | BALLISTIC PROTECTION APPARATUS - A ballistic protection apparatus that is lightweight and easy to operate, while at the same time maintaining the integrity of protection of the shield throughout the entire shield is provided. The technology described herein also incorporates a dual function “quick release/spreader” assembly device. The shield user can cradle the weight of the shield in the crook of the elbow region of the support inner arm, which provides exceptional stabilization when there is no time available to hook up the ballistic shield to the wearer's tactical attire. The technology described in this specification also provides a tapered platform device that provides a self-aligning weapon indexing cradle allowing the shield user to accurately return the weapon's aimed impact point back on target following inherent up and down and side to side shaking movements of a recoiling weapon during the firing process. | 04-25-2013 |
20130133509 | Modular Emergency Stretcher System - A modular stretcher system includes a pouch having a releasable outer cover and an inner surface, and a stretcher comprised from a lightweight sheet material and stored within the pouch, wherein the stretcher is accessible upon release of the cover, and wherein the stretcher further includes at least two integrated load-bearing system fixings that engage the lightweight sheet and extend through the inner surface. The modular stretcher system may also be incorporated within a protective anti-ballistic jacket. | 05-30-2013 |
20140216240 | Personal protection system including a garment with body armour and a personal flotation device - A garment comprises a panel adapted to comprise or retain body armour that protects a front region of the torso when the garment is worn and respective laterally spaced side pockets that extend generally vertically at the front side regions of the torso when the garment is worn. These side pockets have openings at their upper ends to removably receive the respective arms of a generally U-shaped, deflated but inflatable personal flotation device (PFD), that thereby extends behind the neck and/or head of the wearer. These side pockets have outer side fastenings that are separable by the inflating PFD arms to thereby allow the arms to fully expand. An inflatable personal flotation device (PFD), comprises a casing defining a central portion and a pair of laterally spaced, generally aligned arms extending therefrom whereby to define a generally U shaped configuration, and bladder means within the central portion and the laterally spaced arms, able to receive and retain compressed gas for inflating the bladder means and the personal flotation device. At least the central portion of the casing is at least partially inlaid or overlaid by armour to protect the bladder means from puncture by impinging projectiles. Also disclosed is a personal protection system comprising the garment and the PFD. | 08-07-2014 |
20150047497 | ARMORED LIFE VEST - An armored life jacket combining floatability features and shielding features is provided. In some embodiments, the life jacket includes a shielded upper front section, a shielded lower front section, a shielded upper rear section and a shielded lower rear section. The lower front section and lower rear section may be laterally connected to each other and the upper front section and lower front section may be configured to form shoulders with each leaving a side gap for including a user's arms. The front and back sections may further include shielded panels. Additionally, each shoulder section may include an arm protector projected on each side that further includes a shielded panel. The life jacket may also include a pelvic protector extending from the lower front and rear sections, and a floating panel collar extending from the upper front and rear sections towards the outside. | 02-19-2015 |
20150316356 | BALLISTIC PLATE MATERIALS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide body armor composite and methods of fabrication. The body armor composite can include at least one strike-face layer, at least one strike-face reinforcement layer, and at least one catchment layer. Some embodiments include body armor composite with a bump guard layer, and a back-face reduction layer. In some embodiments, the fabrication method includes bonding multiple layers to form an armor composite. Some embodiments include an armor production tool including a housing at least two housing portions which form a substantially air-tight chamber when closed. The tool can include a lower flexible membrane forming at least a portion of a mold, and an upper flexible membrane capable of engaging the lower flexible membrane. The tool can include a pressure port for pressurizing the chamber and to move portions of the mold towards each other, and a locking mechanism for locking the two housing portions. | 11-05-2015 |
20150323289 | BODY ARMOR PLATE AND PLATE CARRIER SYSTEM - Individual body armor plates have an integral hook and/or loop pile coverings that allow the plates to directly affix to the mating hook and loop material of the plate carrier apparatus. The use of hook and loop fastener materials to directly affix and support the armor plates to the carrier apparatus eliminates the need for enclosed internal pouches or pockets, thereby greatly reducing overall weight and bulk of the armor plate carrier system. Integrating hook and loop fastener materials into the covering of armor plates also allows the armor plates to be suspended for a wearer with only shoulder straps, harnesses and cummerbunds having corresponding hook and look fastener materials. | 11-12-2015 |
20150369567 | WEARABLE ARMOR PLATE ASSEMBLY - Apparatuses and methods relate to wearable armor plate assemblies having armor plate sections which are rigidly connected to one another. The resulting assembly may prevent undesired movement of one or more armor plates relative to the overall assembly. In some embodiments, carriers hold armor plates, and the carriers are rigidly connected to each other. The armor plate assembly may maintain a human torso shape, or other shape, when not being worn by virtue of the rigid connection of the armor plate sections. In some embodiments, the rigid connections allow for pivoting of the armor plate sections relative to each other. The armor plate assembly is supported by a belt in some embodiments. | 12-24-2015 |
20160040964 | Composite fabric assembly - A composite fabric assemble having at least one layer of base fabric, to be worn adjacent to a user; is connected to a first layer of ballistic fabric which has portions thereof cut at least partially into strips of material. A second layer of ballistic fabric is connected to the first layer of ballistic fabric, and is punched at least partially therethrough to form at least one design or shape thereon, to improve the flexibility of the fabric assembly. Either the first layer of ballistic fabric or the second layer of ballistic fabric can be adjacently connected to and overlapping the base fabric, whereby the base fabric is covered. | 02-11-2016 |
20160091283 | Mesostructure Based Scatterers in Helmet Supension Pads - A method of mitigating an incoming pressure wave comprising creating through-holes or channels in a soft foam layer, creating through-holes or channels in a hard foam layer, placing the hard foam layer inside a helmet shell, and placing the soft foam layer on the hard foam layer. | 03-31-2016 |
20160138894 | ANTI-SPALLING BODY ARMOR PROTECTION SYSTEM - An anti-spalling ballistic body armor device, usable in a vest or jacket form configured for being worn on a body, includes one or more plates made of ballistic metal material, the plate having a surface defining a strike surface for orientation away from a wearer's body in use, and having a spacing body and anti-spalling body and/or enclosure for preventing the spalling of bullets that hit the body armor device and thereby reduce bodily injury, the one or more plates also being configured with a flange portion to redirect bullet fragments away from the wearer's head and being further contoured by the formation of at least one bend in the plate. | 05-19-2016 |
20160146577 | Ballistic Nape Protector for Ballistic Helmet - A ballistic armored component attaches to the existing retention straps of common combat helmets and provides protection to the otherwise exposed lower skull and upper neck region. A fabric covering contains a soft armor or hard armor insert, and is mounted by straps or other fasteners to existing straps found in conventional helmets. The armor component may be fabric of aramid fibers, or fabric of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, or may be fabricated of a rigid plate of ceramic, polymer, or metal. The armored component adds additional protection from ground-level or subterranean munitions, by placing a ballistic shape on the lower skull region (occipital region), providing significant additional ballistic coverage with minimal weight and bulk. The fabric shell may also be connected directly to the helmet shell, to allow the component to withdraw within the helmet when the wearer's neck is flexed rearwardly. | 05-26-2016 |
20190145741 | TACTICAL WALL PANEL, ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF DEPLOYMENT AND USE | 05-16-2019 |