Patent ID: 7954167

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 first front laterally extending section comprising ballistic paneling; a rear section comprising ballistic paneling, the rear section comprising at least a first rear laterally extending section on the first side of the body armor; the first rear laterally extending section being connected to the first front laterally extending section 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 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 first front laterally extending section with at least a portion of ballistic paneling of the rear section around the first side of the torso.