Light weight rotective clothing and accessories

摘要

A protective clothing fabric is described which combines hard polymers with flexible polymers. The scales or miniplate components are hard and provide protection from both bullets and knives. The polymer matrix is pliable and gives the composite material sufficient flexibility so that the material is suitable for clothing. With additional design layouts, the composite substances can be formed into gloves, goggles, boots and other accessories and with still additional layouts results in lightweight but protective headgear. With still additional design layouts, the composite substances can be formed into linings for gloves, boots and other accessories or injection molded for goggles and helmets.

主权项

1. A protective clothing fabric having a plurality of layers comprising:
a first layer comprising a plurality of miniplates imbedded in a flexible polymer wherein the miniplates are made of a puncture resistant polymer arrayed in a series of rows and columns, a second layer of shock absorbing polymer having a regular array of perforations in which each perforation hole is the same size, and a third layer of shock absorbing polymer having no perforations, a fourth layer of shock absorbing polymer having a regular array of perforations in which each perforation is the same size, and a fifth layer of non perforated shock absorbing polymer having no perforations.