Ballistic resistant material with nonorthogonal stitching

摘要

The present invention provides ballistic resistant armor including a first ballistic resistant layer including non-woven material, a second ballistic resistant layer comprising woven material, the first ballistic resistant layer coupled to the second ballistic resistant layer by stitches, and methods of making the same.

主权项

1. A ballistic resistant armor comprising:
a first ballistic resistant layer comprising non-woven material; a second ballistic resistant layer comprising woven material; said first ballistic resistant layer secured to said second ballistic resistant layer by stitches which traverse a majority of a surface of said woven material and create a pattern of a plurality of overlapping and intersecting circles, each of the plurality of circles comprises a perimeter, and the perimeter of at least one of the plurality of circles intersects with the perimeter of at least one other of the plurality of circles.