Patent ID: 8893606

Claim:
An armor element configured to be employed within an armor module and exhibiting a longitudinal axis, the armor element comprising: a base portion including a rear surface and a front surface axially spaced from the rear surface along the longitudinal axis; a claw portion comprising two or more claw members, the two or more claw members extending from the base portion generally along a longitudinal direction defined by the longitudinal axis, each of the two or more claw members having a rear end attached to the base portion and a free front end spaced from the rear end thereof and located axially beyond the front surface of the base portion, each of the two or more claw members being supported only at the rear end thereof; and wherein the two or more claw members project radially outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis so that an outer diametric distance between the corresponding free front ends of the two or more claw members is greater than an outer diametric distance between the corresponding rear ends of the two or more claw members.