Patent ID: 7712149

Claim:
A protective article of outer-clothing configured to interfere with a charge applied by a stun gun, wherein the article: a) does not enshroud the head of the wearer; b) incorporates a plurality of panels forming said article; said panels having an electricity conductive textile layer formed of fibers with gaps between crossing fibers said layer being of sufficiently low resistance that in a first mode of use when prongs of a stun gun are pressed against the article of clothing; the conductive layer electrically interferes with the charge applied between the gun's prongs; and in a second mode of use when prongs of a stun gun are located in proximity to the article and the gun is fired, the conductive layer electrically interferes with the charge applied between the gun's prongs, wherein the electrical resistance between two prong points of impact separated by 50 millimeters is of less than 1 Ohm; c) a junction line separating adjacent panels; and d) a bridge extending across said junction line: which establishes a conductive junction between a first and a second panel which is adequate to short circuit a stun gun.