FLEXIBLE COMPOSITES HAVING FLEXING RIGID PANELS AND ARTICLES FABRICATED FROM SAME

摘要

A flexible article of manufacture especially suitable for use as a ballistic resistant body armor which comprises at least one substrate, said layers being a fibrous layer, and at least one layer having a plurality of bodies (16) sewn to at least one surface of said substrate layer, said bodies having one or more flexible seams (32) which allow portions of said body to flex along said seam.