Rigid Armor Holder with Quick-Release Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional body armor materials face issues such as fiber breakage due to improper structuring, inadequate energy absorption, and difficulty in quick removal, which restricts user convenience and safety, especially in emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, rigid armor holder assembly with a 'shell-like' construction and quick-release connectors, utilizing ceramic composite materials and a cover structure to protect the armor from breakage and facilitate rapid detachment, allowing for comfortable wear and efficient removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional woven fabric armor materials are used to provide projectile protection, then protection against penetration is achieved, but fiber breakage occurs due to improper structuring and interlacing causing strain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials consisting of multiple layers including ballistic nylon fabric layers, ceramic plates, and plastic panels. This composite structure provides comprehensive protection against projectile penetration while distributing mechanical stress across different material layers, preventing fiber breakage that occurs in single-material woven fabric armor.
2Reliability
If multiple layers of woven fabric are used to achieve adequate protection, then protection features are improved, but weight increases reducing comfort and carryability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes composite construction combining lightweight ballistic nylon fabric with ceramic plates and plastic panels. This composite approach achieves adequate protection against projectiles while maintaining acceptable weight levels, as the ceramic and plastic components provide protection with less material mass compared to using only heavy woven fabric layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different materials to different regions of the armor system based on local protection requirements. Ceramic plates and plastic panels are positioned at critical areas requiring maximum protection, while ballistic nylon fabric is used in areas needing flexibility and weight efficiency, optimizing the overall weight-to-protection ratio.
3Reliability
If conventional body armor is integrated into garments such as vests and jackets, then protection is provided, but quick removal capability is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the body armor system into separate modular components including removable ceramic plates, plastic panels, and ballistic nylon fabric layers. This segmentation allows the armor to be quickly assembled and disassembled without being permanently integrated into garments, enabling rapid removal capability while maintaining protection during wear.
4Ease of operation
If soft body materials are used to provide protection, then flexibility is improved, but energy absorption is inadequate allowing projectile energy to transmit through to the body
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a composite structure combining soft ballistic nylon fabric layers with rigid ceramic plates and plastic panels. This composite construction provides both flexibility from the fabric layers and superior energy absorption from the ceramic and plastic components, which dissipate projectile impact energy through compression and fracture mechanisms, preventing energy transmission to the wearer's body.
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AI summary
An assembly structured for removably mounting armor on a user's body in a protective orientation including a base having an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion is structured to retain the armor, preferably but not exclusively, in the form of an armor plate on the base in substantially facing relation to the body of the user, wherein the outer portion is disposed in overlying, covering relation to the armor. Preferably the base is formed of a rigid material and an attachment assembly is connected to the base and structured to facilitate the operative and removable mounting of the base and the armor on the user in a predetermined protective orientation. The attachment assembly may also include a plurality of connectors and a common release mechanism, wherein the base and the armor can be quickly and easily removed from its protective orientation and operative mounting on the user.