Modular Protective Jacket Armor with Removable Shirt and Memory Foam
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protective armor designs do not effectively incorporate memory foam to fit the body and provide comprehensive protection against ammunition and stabbings, nor do they suggest the use of multiple materials like para-aramid synthetic fibers and bulletproof plates in an economical and efficient manner.
Innovation Solution
A protective jacket armor featuring a Kevlar layer, a removable shirt assembly with memory foam, and pockets for bulletproof plates made of various materials, allowing for customizable and enhanced protection while being cost-effective.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple protective layers including memory foam and para-aramid fiber are incorporated, then protection effectiveness against ammunition and stabbings is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective jacket is divided into multiple functional layers: an outer shell layer, a middle protective layer containing para-aramid fiber and memory foam, and an inner lining layer. Each layer serves a specific protective function, allowing the system to achieve comprehensive protection while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The jacket combines multiple materials with different protective properties: para-aramid synthetic fiber for ballistic protection, memory foam for penetration resistance and comfort, and other protective materials in different layers. This composite approach enables simultaneous protection against ammunition and stabbings while distributing the complexity across material selection rather than structural design
2Ease of operation
If removable shirt assembly with memory foam is added, then comfort and body fit are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shirt assembly is designed as a removable component that can be taken on and off independently. The memory foam within the shirt assembly is compressible and adapts to the user's body shape, providing dynamic comfort and fit adjustment without requiring complex custom manufacturing for each user
Solution Approach 2:
The shirt assembly with memory foam is nested within the overall jacket structure, allowing it to be inserted into or integrated with the main protective layers. This nesting approach enables the comfort-enhancing memory foam component to be manufactured separately and then integrated, reducing overall manufacturing complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If pockets for bulletproof plates are incorporated, then protection versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The jacket incorporates pockets designed to accommodate various types of protective plates including bulletproof plates. These pockets are integrated into the existing protective layer structure, allowing the same structural elements to serve both as protective layers and as mounting structures for additional protection, thereby achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The protective plates are designed as separate, removable components that can be independently inserted into designated pockets within the jacket's protective layers. This segmentation allows users to add or remove specific protective elements as needed, providing versatility while keeping the base jacket structure relatively simple
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides effective protection against ammunition and stabbings, offering a comfortable fit and adjustable protection through removable components, while maintaining an economical implementation and maintenance cost.
Implementation Method 1
None of them, however, include memory foam to fit better to the body of a user
Implementation Method 2
a related reference corresponds to U.S. Pat. No. 7,571,493 B1 issued for an armored garment for protection
Implementation Method 3
U.S. Pat. No. 7,636,948 issued for a combat shirt and armor system
Implementation Method 4
a Jacket made of multiple materials including memory foam and a para-aramid synthetic fiber which allow a user to be protected from some ammunition
Implementation Method 5
which allow a user to be protected from some ammunition as well as stabbings
Data Source
AI summary
A protecting jacket armor including a jacket assembly, a shirt assembly and additional protection assembly. The shirt assembly is removable attached to the jacket assembly. The jacket assembly and the shirt assembly include a para-aramid synthetic fiber to protect from some ammunition and memory foam. The para-aramid synthetic fiber covers the memory foam. The Jacket includes compartments built in the jacket. The additional protection assembly includes bullet proof plates and removable padding. The bullet proof plates are inserted onto the compartments to increase protection of the protecting jacket armor. The removable padding is removable attached to the jacket.