Ballistic Frame Weight Distribution for Tactical Comfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional personal tactical systems, such as vests and accessories, often compromise on performance, longevity, comfort, mobility, and protection, failing to provide comprehensive protection against ballistic projectiles and shrapnel while maintaining user mobility and comfort.
Innovation Solution
A personal tactical system with internal components like a ballistic plate, flexible body armor, and ballistic frame, disposed between an outer and inner layer, enhancing protection, mobility, and comfort by using lightweight hybrid materials and ergonomic design for improved load carriage and ballistic coverage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional tactical systems use traditional ballistic protection materials and structures, then ballistic protection is provided, but weight and discomfort increase, reducing mobility and user comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite ballistic protection structures combining rigid ballistic plates with flexible body armor materials. The rigid plates provide superior ballistic stopping power while the flexible materials distribute impact forces and conform to body contours, creating a composite system that achieves enhanced protection without proportionally increasing weight. This composite approach allows strategic placement of heavy protective elements only where most needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The tactical system is divided into modular components including separate ballistic plates, flexible armor panels, and distributed weight-bearing structures. This segmentation allows the heavy ballistic protection to be concentrated in specific high-threat zones rather than uniformly distributed, reducing overall system weight while maintaining critical protection levels.
2Strength
If conventional tactical systems increase ballistic coverage area, then protection against projectiles and shrapnel is improved, but mobility and range of motion are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates flexible body armor materials and thin-film composite structures that can stretch and conform during body movement. These flexible components maintain ballistic protection while allowing full range of motion, unlike rigid plate structures that would restrict mobility. The flexible materials dynamically adapt to the wearer's movements while preserving protective coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The tactical system employs dynamic, adaptable armor structures that can flex and move with the wearer's body rather than being static and restrictive. The combination of rigid and flexible elements creates a dynamic protection system that maintains optimal protective coverage during various movement states while preserving mobility and combat effectiveness.
3Strength
If conventional tactical systems use rigid ballistic plates, then ballistic protection is enhanced, but comfort and load distribution are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces flexible body armor materials as intermediary layers between the rigid ballistic plates and the wearer's body. These intermediary flexible layers serve multiple functions: they cushion the rigid plates against the body, distribute localized impact forces over larger areas, reduce pressure points, and allow the rigid plates to maintain their protective geometry while improving comfort during extended wear.
4Strength
If conventional tactical systems increase protective coverage, then ballistic protection is improved, but system complexity and device weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs multi-functional components that serve multiple protective and structural roles simultaneously. The flexible body armor materials provide both ballistic protection and structural flexibility, while also serving as comfort interfaces and load-distributing elements. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components, thereby simplifying the overall system structure while maintaining comprehensive protection coverage.
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AI summary
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a personal tactical system configured to be worn by an individual for protection against threats. In one implementation, the personal tactical system includes one or more internal components disposed in an interior formed by an outer layer and an inner layer. The internal components include a flexible body armor, a ballistic plate, a ballistic frame, and/or a ballistic plate cover. The ballistic frame further includes an electrical system coupled to the frame body, the electrical system including one or more ports in communication with at least one of electrical or communication lines.