Patent ID: 8980773
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,F41H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article for use in body armor, comprising a plurality of discrete sheet subassemblies contoured to the shape of a female breast arranged in a stack, without bonding, such that the breast contours are positioned on top of each other, each of the subassemblies being a sheet comprising: (i) at least two nonwoven layers, each of the layers comprising a plurality of nonwoven continuous multifilament polymeric yarns having a linear density of from 50to 4500 dtex, a tenacity of from 10 to 65 g/dtex, a modulus of from 150 to 2700g/dtex, and an elongation to break of from 1 to 8 percent, the yarns in the layers being arranged substantially parallel to each other with the proviso that the yarns in any one layer are offset in orientation with respect to the orientation of yarns of any other layer contacting the any one layer, (ii) binder of thermoset or thermoplastic film or powder, and (iii) resin coating not fully impregnating the yarns such that the weight percent of the binder and coating resin is in the range of from 0.5% to 30% when expressed as a percentage of the total weight of resin, binder plus yarn in one of the subassemblies, wherein the subassemblies are free of darts, seams or pleats, wherein