Patent ID: 7536728

Claim:
A body armor to be worn by a person, comprising: a front section comprising ballistic paneling, the front section further comprising at least a first front laterally extending section on a first side of the body armor, the ballistic paneling of the front section extending into the first front laterally extending section; a rear section comprising ballistic paneling; at least a first rear laterally extending section attached to the rear section on the first side of the body armor and extending from the rear section; a first length of material attached at a first end to the first rear laterally extending section and attached at a second end of the first front laterally extending section, the first length of material extending generally laterally between the first rear laterally extending section and the first front laterally extending section; and a first loop attached to the body armor, the first length of material passing through the first loop intermediate between the first end and the second end of the first length of material, so that when the first rear laterally extending section is moved forward around a first side of a torso of the person during closure of the first side of the body armor, the first front laterally extending section is pulled by the first length of material to move in a rearward direction around the first side of the torso of the person and under the first rear laterally extending section thereby causing overlapping of at least a portion of ballistic paneling of the front section with at least a portion of ballistic paneling of the rear section around the first side of the torso.