Patent ID: 7930920
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: F41A,F41H

Abstract:
1. A method for designing protective clothing or equipment for protecting the body for law enforcement officers, the method comprising: provide a dummy with a set of at least one or both of (a) kinematic or (b) load sensors, position an impact application device in such a way that the latter can apply on at least one predetermined target zone of the dummy impacts according to a determined reproducible kinematic, apply said impacts on the target zone of dummy that is not provided with protective clothing or equipment, and take the measurements provided by the set of sensors located in the region of said target zones, mount a protective clothing or equipment on the dummy in such a way that it covers the target zone, apply said impacts on the target zone of the dummy provided with the protective clothing or equipment, and take the measurements provided by said set of sensors, deduct from the measurements at least one deduced value of at least one or both of (a) energy absorbed or (b) attenuation of the impact force by said protective clothing or equipment, and if said at least one values is higher than a threshold value, tag the clothing or equipment as acceptable in the sense of said thresholds, otherwise, make structural modifications to said protective clothing or equipment in order to improve said at least one deduced value of at least one or both of (a) energy absorbed or (b) attenuation of the impact force.