Patent ID: 8256020

Claim:
A ballistic garment, comprising: a front panel of the ballistic garment; a rear panel of the ballistic garment; a plurality of fastening elements, wherein each of the plurality of fastening elements is operationally fastened to a first end of a respective anchor element and each of a second end of each respective anchor element is fixed to the rear panel of the ballistic garment; a plurality of releasable fasteners for releasably attaching the front panel of the ballistic garment to the rear panel of the ballistic garment, wherein each of the plurality of releasable fasteners is operationally fastened to the front panel of the ballistic garment; wherein one releasable fastener of the plurality of releasable fasteners is releasably attached to one fastening element of the plurality of fastening elements; at least one pull cord is operationally coupled to each of the plurality of releasable fasteners, wherein the at least one pull cord operationally actuates at least one releasable fastener of the plurality of releasable fasteners to disengage the at least one releasable fastener from at least fastening element of the plurality of fastening elements to allow a detachment of at least a part of the front panel of the ballistic garment from at least a part of the rear panel of the ballistic garment.