Patent ID: 6892392

Claim:
Body armor comprising: a vest having a right vest section and a left vest section, the vest being fabricated of soft armor, each vest section having portions defining an arm hole and a back panel positioned rearwardly of the arm hole and at least one front panel extending frontwardly of the arm hole; at least one pad extending inwardly from the back panel of each vest section, and at least one pad extending inwardly from the at least one front panel of each vest section, wherein the pads when engaged against a wearer serve to space the vest soft armor from contact with the wearer to define at least one air channel extending upwardly through the vest; and at least one rigid front plate connected to the vest, the front plate extending between the at least one front panel of each vest section, and connecting the right vest section to the left vest section such that portions of the of least one front plate do not overlie the soft armor of the left or right vest sections and are spaced from the wearer with a front air channel defined between the at least one front plate and the wearer.