Patent ID: 7934775

Claim:
Apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle, comprising: a vest; and a restraint incorporated into the vest; the vest including a front panel, a back panel, and left and right shoulder portions extending between the front panel and the back panel, the vest having an inner face and an outer face; the restraint including a front latch fixed to the vest front panel and a back latch fixed to the vest back panel; the restraint including webbing portions extending in a force-transmitting relationship between the front latch and the back latch, within the front panel and the shoulder portions and the back panel of the vest, so as to extend at least partially around the torso of a occupant when wearing the vest; the front panel of the vest including a front hard armor pocket and the back panel of the vest including a back hard armor pocket, for receiving and supporting panels of hard body armor.