Patent ID: 6922847

Claim:
A multipurpose stab and ballistic resistant garment comprising: a plurality of puncture resistant sheets of woven aramid fibers in which the puncture resistant sheets are formed from a weave of at least 60 aramid warp fibers per inch and at least 60 aramid weft fibers per inch; a plurality of ballistic resistant sheets of woven lyotropic liquid crystal polymer fiber having a warp and a weft in which the warp and weft of one ballistic resistant sheet are angularly displaced from the warp and the weft of a second ballistic resistant sheet overlying the one ballistic resistant sheet in which the angular displacement of the warp and the weft of the at least one ballistic resistant sheet relative to the warp and the weft of the second ballistic resistant sheet ranges from 22.5 degrees to 45 degrees out of alignment; and at least a third ballistic resistant sheet overlying the second ballistic resistant sheet, in which the warp and the weft of the third ballistic resistant sheet are angularly displaced relative to the warp and the weft of the second ballistic resistant sheet and are substantially in alignment with the warp and the weft of the first ballistic resistant sheet.