A flexible article of manufacture especially suitable for use as a ballistic resistant body armor which comprises one or more composite layers, at least one of said composite layers comprising a base layer having a plurality of planar bodies positioned between two sandwiching flexible layers out of contact with each other and a plurality of planar bodies positioned on a surface of said base layer out of contact with each other and in disalignment with the sandwiched planar bodies.

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›1.independentA flexible composite comprising one or more composite layers, at least one of said composite layers comprising at least two flexible layers each of wh…+41

›2.↳ 1A composite as recited in claim 1 wherein said surface planar bodies are position such that said article has at least two semi-continuous or continuou…d2+4

›7.↳ 1A composite as recited in claim 1 wherein said composite comprises one or more composite layers, at least one of said composite layers comprising a pl…d2+34

›8.↳ 7A composite as recited in claim 7 wherein said first planar bodies and said second planar bodies are formed from a penetration resistant material.d3+19

›9.↳ 8A composite as recited in claim 8 wherein said first planar bodies, and said second planar bodies are the same or different and are selected from the …d4+18

›10.↳ 9A composite as recited in claim 9 wherein said triangular shaped bodies are of equilateral triangular shape or substantially of equilateral triangular…d5+17

›11.↳ 10A composite as recited in claim 10 wherein said first planar bodies and said second planar bodies are of different shape.d6+16

›12.↳ 11A composite as recited in claim 11 wherein said first bodies are of triangular shape and said second bodies are of hexagonal shape.d7+1

›13.↳ 11A composite as recited in claim 11 wherein said first bodies are of hexagonal shape and said second bodies are of triangular shape.d7+13

›16.↳ 13A composite as recited in claim 13 wherein said at least one composite layer comprises a plurality of first planar bodies fixed between said first and…d8+1

›19.↳ 13A composite as recited in claim 13 wherein said second planar bodies are uniformly larger in surface area than said corresponding unfilled regions and…d8+10

›21.↳ 19A composite as recited in claim 19 wherein said second planar bodies are positioned on a surface of said first base layer.d9+9

›23.↳ 21A composite as recited in claim 21 wherein said first planar bodies are of a hexagonal shape, and said second planar bodies are of triangular shape.d10+8

›25.↳ 23A composite as recited in claim 23 wherein said first planar bodies and said second planar bodies are positioned such that said bodies form repeats of…d11+7

›26.↳ 25A composite as recited in claim 25 wherein said first planar bodies are of a hexagonal shape, and said second planar bodies are of triangular shape.d12+6

›27.↳ 26A composite as recited in claim 26 wherein said first, second, third and fourth flexible layers are the same or different and are comprise of a networ…d13+3

›39.↳ 26A composite as recited in claim 26 wherein at least one of said first, second, third and fourth layers comprises a non-woven fabric.d13

›40.↳ 26A composite as recited in claim 26 wherein of least one of said first, second, third and fourth layers as the same or different and comprise a woven f…d13

›14.↳ 7A composite as recited in claim 7 wherein said first planar bodies and said second planar bodies comprise repeats of three planar bodies, at least one…d3+12

›17.↳ 14A composite as recited in claim 14 wherein said second bodies cover at least about 95 area percent of the surface area said unfilled regions.d4+11

›20.↳ 17A composite as recited in claim 17 wherein said composite comprises a plurality of second planar bodies positioned on a surface of said first base lay…d5+10

›22.↳ 20A composite as recited in claim 20 wherein said first planar bodies and said second planar bodies are positioned such that said bodies form repeats of…d6

›24.↳ 20A composite as recited in claim 20 wherein said second planar bodies are fixed between said third and fourth flexible layers.d6

›31.↳ 20A composite as recited in claim 20 wherein said fibers are polyethylene fibers, glass fibers, polyester fibers, aramid fibers, nylon fibers or mixture…d6+7

›41.↳ 7A composite as recited in claim 7 further comprising a cover layer and a backing layer sandwiching said one or more composite layers.d3

›42.↳ 1An article of manufacture fabricated totally or in part from the composite of claim 1.d2

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USPC · US Patent Classification

428/33428/105428/110428/109428/53428/284428/252428/246428/911428/902428/113428/196428/286428/76

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