Modular unit of protective clothing, and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12000677-B2
Application number	US-202017801518-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2020
Priority date	Feb 21, 2020
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a modular ballistic protective clothing unit, in particular with splinter, puncture and/or cut protection, preferably with splinter protection, in particular for use as protective equipment, preferably for the military and/or civilian sector, preferably for in particular subsequent application to and/or donning over an outer garment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modular ballistic protective clothing unit with at least one of splinter, stab or cut protection as a protective equipment for the military or civilian sector for subsequent fitting on or putting on over an outer garment,
wherein the protective clothing unit comprises at least three independent ballistic protective clothing garments each with splinter, stab or cut protection,
wherein the protective clothing unit comprises the following protective garments:

(A) an upper body ballistic protective garment with splinter, stab or cut protection;
wherein the upper body protective garment is formed for ballistic protection of an upper body portion comprising at least the front torso, the front shoulders and the front or side arms, wherein the upper body protective garment comprises at least one textile sheet material having ballistic protection function covering the upper body portion;
wherein the upper body protective garment is formed free of material at least in regions in the rear region of the torso; and
wherein the upper body protective garment is equipped with at least one fixing element for mounting or fitting the upper body protective garment over an outer garment;

(B) a ballistic lower body protective garment;
wherein the lower body protective garment is designed for ballistic protection of a lower body area comprising at least the front upper legs, wherein the lower body protective garment comprises at least one textile sheet material with ballistic protection function covering the lower body area;
wherein the lower body protective garment is formed free of material at least in regions in the back side region of the upper legs; and wherein the lower-body protective garment has, in the rear region of the upper legs, at least one fixing element for subsequent attachment to or fitting of the lower-body protective garment over an outer garment;

and
(C) at least one ballistic neck or head protective garment with splinter, stab or cut protection,
wherein the neck or head protective garment is designed for ballistic protection of a neck or head region, which comprises at least the neck on the front side or the head, wherein the neck or head protective garment has at least one textile sheet material with ballistic protective function, which covers the neck or head region;

wherein the upper body protective garment, the lower body protective garment and the neck or head protective garment, independently of each other, each have no rigid, hard, fixed, rigid, stiff, and inflexible ballistic protective components in the form of ballistic protective plates, and
wherein the respective sheet material of the ballistic upper body protective garment, of the ballistic lower body protective garment and of the at least one ballistic neck or head protective garment each comprise at least one textile sheet-like ballistic protective material, wherein the ballistic protective material in the form of a textile knitted consists of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

2. The protective clothing unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the textile sheet material covers the upper body region at least substantially completely or at least substantially without interruption or at least substantially continuously or as an at least substantially continuous surface.

3. The protective clothing unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the upper body protective garment or the lower body protective garment or the neck or head protective garment can beare put on over the outer garment at least substantially independently of one another.

4. The protective clothing unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the upper body protective garment or the lower body protective garment, independently of one another, are each held in position on the outer garment by means of the fixing elements; wherein the fixing elements.

5. The protective clothing unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the ballistic protective material has in each case a plurality of binding elements different from a mesh; wherein the binding element is present in the form of a handle or float.

6. The protective clothing unit according to claim 5 ,
wherein the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is present or formed as yarn, multifilament yarn, thread, twine or the like.

7. Protective clothing unit according to claim 5 ,
wherein the sheet material has in each case a plurality of layers of the ballistic protective material, wherein the layers of the ballistic protective material are arranged in stack form or plane-parallel to one another;
wherein the layers of ballistic protective material are in the form of at least two ballistic protective units.

8. The protective clothing unit according to claim 7 ,
wherein the layers of ballistic protective material are in the form of at least two ballistic protective units in the form of a first ballistic protective unit and a second ballistic protective unit.

9. The protective clothing unit according to claim 7 ,
wherein the textile sheet material comprises at least one first textile covering material and wherein the textile sheet material comprises at least one second textile covering material, respectively.

10. The protective clothing unit according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first ballistic protective unit and the second ballistic protective unit are arranged relative to each other such that the first textile covering material is arranged on the outside of the textile sheet material and that the second textile covering material is arranged on the inside of the textile sheet material;
in which, in the first ballistic protective unit, the edge-side region of the first textile covering material and of the first layer of the ballistic protective material adjoining the first textile covering material is folded around the subsequent layers of the ballistic protective material, in such a way that the subsequent layers of the ballistic protective material are bordered at the edges by the first textile covering material and by the first layer of the ballistic protective material adjoining the first textile covering material.

11. The protective clothing unit according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first ballistic protective unit and the second ballistic protective unit are arranged relative to each other such that the first textile covering material is arranged on the outside of the textile sheet material and that the second textile covering material is arranged on the inside of the textile sheet material;
in which, in the second ballistic protective unit, the edge-side region of the second textile covering material and of the first layer of the ballistic protective material adjoining the second textile covering material is folded around the subsequent layers of the ballistic protective material, in such a way that the subsequent layers of the ballistic protective material are enclosed by the second textile covering material and the first layer of the ballistic protective material adjoining the second textile covering material.

12. The protective clothing unit according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first ballistic protective unit and the second ballistic protective unit are arranged relative to each other such that the first textile covering material is arranged on the outside of the textile sheet material and that the second textile covering material is arranged on the inside of the textile sheet material;
wherein the first textile covering material and the first layer of the ballistic protective material adjoining the first textile covering material are connected on the one hand to the second textile covering material and the first layer of the

Assignees

• Bluecher Gmbh
• Bluecher Gmbh

Inventors

• Baggen Brigitte
• Vogt Sarah

Classifications

• F41H1/02 Primary

  Armoured or projectile- or missile-resistant garments; Composite protection fabrics {(F41H5/04 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F41H5/0485

  all the layers being only fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers · CPC title