| 摘要 |
<p>An armour component having a pair of layers (13,14) of flexible high impact-resistant material with at least two juxtaposed layers of hard beads (15,16) between the flexible layers. The beads (21,22) in the adjacent layers (15,16) are disposed with beads thereof inter-nested in the inter-bead spaces of each other, and the volume occupied by the layers of beads is substantially void of all other material. The beads of each layer may be arranged in a regular close-packed lattice pattern, i.e., a hexagonal or square so that each bead contacts its immediately adjacent neighbour beads. The component is designed for flattening and trapping a bullet and when used as a body armour provides the outer part of the garment. An inner component (12) is used in the garment for spreading the impact of the bullet striking the outer part. The inner component includes at least two layers of flexible material (27,28) having at least one layer of compressible material (30) confined therebetwen. The garment using the outer part (11) is light and flexible but is capable of trapping the bullet with little risk of spalling of the parts of the component. The inner component, which is also light in weight as the compressible material may be a plurality of hollow fracturable plastic balls (46) confined in compartments defined by tough plastic sheet material, is designed to soften and spread the impact on the body of the user to inhibit bruising or bone fracture. </p> |
