Patent ID: 7340779

Claim:
A spike and ballistic resistant article, consisting essentially of: a spike resistant panel comprising a plurality of flexible layers of a first fabric positioned adjacent to one another, the first fabric made of a first plurality of first yarns in a warp direction and a second plurality of first yarns in a fill direction, wherein the first yarns have a linear density of from 50 to 600 denier and comprise of plurality of first filaments; and further wherein the first plurality and the second plurality of first yarns comprise from 40 to 100 first yarns per inch which provide from more than 90,000,000 to no more than 250,000,000 filament crossovers per square inch in said first fabric; and a ballistic resistant panel comprising a plurality of flexible layers of a second fabric positioned adjacent to one another, the second fabric layers made of a first plurality of second yarns in a warp direction and a second plurality of second yarns in a fill direction, wherein the second yarns have a linear density of from 100 to no more than 840 denier and wherein the second yarns comprise a plurality of second filaments which provide from 20,000,000 to no more than 90,000,000 filament crossovers per square inch in said second fabric and further wherein the first plurality and the second plurality of second yarns comprise from 5 to less than 40 second yarns per inch.