DE4035890A1 - Protective body shield for police - has protection for chest, throat, neck and limbs with holes permitting penetration of sharp weapon but no through passage - Google Patents

Abstract

The shield (1) has holes (2) which pass right through its surface, and distributed over its whole ara. Such holes will permit a sharp weapon to (7, 6) pentrate them but not pass completely through. The individual holes are equally spaced apart, forming a basic pattern in the form of an equilateral triangle. They have a dia. of 2.5 to 3.5 mm., and are spaced from each other by a distance of 5 to 10 mm. In the chest, back and shoulder areas, the shield hole dias. are 2.5 mm., and in the area of the limbs of the user, and in all other body areas, the hole dia. is 3.2 mm. USE/ADVANTAGE - As a protective body shield by police, and other security forces.

Description

The invention relates to wearable protection deformed to fit the body tanks, especially for members of the police force, the dispute forces or the like consisting of different parts, like protective parts for the chest, for the neck, for the neck and for the limbs.

Known protective armor of this type consist of a body fairly deformed aluminum, whereby the individual parts by Joints or the like are connected.

Of these protective parts, the chest is in particular protective tanks particularly large and voluminous and has to  To be puncture-proof, also a relatively high weight. Similar conditions apply to the back part.

Another disadvantage of the known armor is that that these tanks are made in one piece and therefore also a must be deformed in pieces, which is relatively large presses with correspondingly large tools. At such presses occur due to the one-piece deformation the armor parts accordingly large press forces.

A disadvantage of the known armor is that it with sufficient resistance to attacks oppose sharp knives or the like, at the same time but there is a danger that they are against armor guided weapon with its tip on the outer surface of the Armor slides, d. H. so slips and thus against Body parts in the neck area or in the limb area dimensions, especially in the area of the head, resulting in major and possibly fatal injuries can lead to the attacker possibly not at all were intended.

The invention is accordingly based on the object Training armor of the type mentioned in such a way that sliding against particularly sensitive and / or dangerous  body parts along the armor is avoided.

This object is achieved in that about distributed essentially the entire area of the armor Breakthroughs are arranged that have such a diameter have that they let the tip of a stabbing weapon enter, otherwise prevent the weapon from passing through.

With this arrangement it is achieved that one against the armor guided weapon always with its tip in one of the holes caught and cannot slide so far, so that the above described adverse slipping avoided with certainty is. Since the diameter of the holes are chosen so that single Lich the tip of such a weapon is "caught", one significant weakening of armor compared to piercing by means of this weapon, rather they arrive or sharp edges of this weapon on both sides on the adjacent webs connecting the breakthroughs, where their Passing through is opposed to sufficient resistance.

As extensive tests have shown, over surprisingly shown that it doesn't matter whether holes in the order of magnitude above evenly such armor are distributed, or whether holes are nonexistent. In both cases there is a contradiction was about the same against puncturing.  

The arrangement according to the invention therefore has the particular advantage that the carrier from any unintentional attacks is protected on unprotected parts of the body, without the otherwise existing protection is impaired by this armor.

The arrangement according to the invention also has the special Advantage that breast armor of this type can be made, which is considerably lighter than the well-known Panzerun gene. Like the experiments mentioned above have shown, surprisingly, that the Resistance to puncturing with the same wall thickness Armor does not drop significantly when the tank comes with is provided with a lace pattern. This is especially true when the tanks are made of aluminum in a manner known per se consist.

The arrangement of such over the entire area of the Armor-extending hole pattern also has the The advantage is that the armor deforms much more easily leaves as if the holes were not there, what with it to lower pressing forces in the manufacture of the ver parts in presses.

Finally, the armor according to the invention has the advantage that it makes carrying easier because the holes become one  Heat dissipation and lead to vapor removal (perspiration).

It when the individual holes against each other is particularly advantageous always the same distance above the neighboring holes have what is a basic pattern in the form of an equilateral three corner means. In this way, the resistance to that further penetration of a weapon is opposed in roughly the same in all directions.

It is useful if the holes have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm and a distance of 5 to 10 mm. As special It turned out to be advantageous if the armor in the chest, back and shoulder area hole diameter of 2.5 mm, in the area of the limbs of the wearer and in the area all other parts of the body but a hole diameter of 3.2 mm has, because experience shows that the attack load in the chest, Shoulder and back area is larger than in the limb area dimensions etc.

As the experiments have shown, the respective hole can distance should be the same for all armored parts. In certain circumstances However, it can be advantageous if the distance is in the range the larger holes, i.e. in the area of the limbs, larger than in the chest, back and shoulder area.

The invention is based on execution examples explained in more detail in the drawing.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of part of a body-shaped breastplate designed according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section of the breastplate of Fig. 1 with a certain hole arrangement.

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 with a different hole arrangement.

Fig. 4 shows an example of additional armor with hinged protective rails to secure one leg of the wearer.

Fig. 5 is the section VV of FIG. 3 and shows the only partially available passage options for a stab weapon.

Referring to FIG. 1, a breast plate 1 is provided with numerous openings 2, which are arranged distributed substantially over the entire surface of the armor. These breakthroughs or holes have such a diameter that they let the tip of a stabbing weapon enter, but also prevent the weapon from passing through (see FIG. 5).

FIG. 2 is a section of the armor according to FIG. 1, the same distance A always being present between the adjacent openings or holes 2 , which means a basic pattern in the form of an equilateral triangle.

Fig. 3 is a detail similar to Fig. 2 and shows another embodiment in which the openings or holes 2 are arranged in rows and columns, each having the same distance, which means, however, that diagonally opposite holes a greater distance than have those in a row or row.

Fig. 4 shows the armor as an example a leg with a knee joint part 3, an upper leg part 4 and a lower leg part 5. These parts are also provided with uniformly distributed openings or holes 2 .

Fig. 5 is the section VV of FIG. 3 and illustrates the only partially possible penetration of a stab weapon 6 into one of the holes 2 , which at the same time prevents the tip 7 of the stab weapon 6 from sliding off the armor and causing major injuries outside the armor leads.

Claims (8)

1. Personally deformed wearable protective armor, especially for members of the police, the armed forces or the like, which consist of different parts, such as protective parts for the chest, neck, neck and limb, characterized in that essentially the entire surface of the armor ( 1 ) is arranged through openings ( 2 ) which are of such a diameter that they let the point ( 7 ) of a stab weapon ( 6 ) enter, but otherwise prevent the weapon ( 6 ) from passing through. 2. protective armor according to claim 1, characterized in that the individual holes ( 2 ) with respect to the respective neigh disclosed holes ( 2 ) always have the same distance (A), which means a basic pattern in the form of an equilateral triangle. 3. protective armor according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the holes ( 2 ) have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 mm. 4. protective armor according to claim 3, characterized in that the holes ( 2 ) have a distance of 5 to 10 mm. 5. armor according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the armor ( 1 ) in the chest, back and shoulder area has a hole diameter of 2.5 mm. 6. protective armor according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the armor in the area of the limbs of the wearer and a hole in the area of all other parts of the body has a diameter of 3.2 mm. 7. protective armor according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized characterized in that the respective hole spacing in all Armor parts is the same. 8. armor according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized characterized that the respective hole spacing in the area  the larger holes, in the area of the limbs, is larger than in the chest, back and shoulder area.