Personal ballistic shield

摘要

A novel device and method provides personal protection from ballistic weapons such as handguns and rifles. A single piece of high-strength ballistic fabric that may be cut from a bulk roll by a single cutting step is folded in layers over and around multiple separate sheets of vinyl to produce a ballistic resistance assembly. The device may be incorporated into personal articles such as garments.

主权项

1. A personal protection device comprising:
a portable article including an enclosure; a single contiguous sheet of ballistic fabric; at least two rectangular portions of highly-elastic sheet material; and the sheet of ballistic fabric is arranged in folds about the portions of highly-elastic material to form an assembly comprising at least twelve parallel layers of the ballistic fabric and wherein two of the portions of highly-elastic material are each covered with a single respective outer-most layer of ballistic fabric; and the assembly is removably disposed within the enclosure.