Patent ID: 8555412

Claim:
A ballistic carrier shell comprised of a first front panel having a first pocket receptacle, sized to receive a first pliable ballistic panel, formed by an assembly of a first inner fabric layer, a first intermediate trim binding layer, a first facing layer, and a first outer layer and providing a first opening for the first pliable ballistic panel; a second front panel having a second pocket receptacle, sized to receive a second pliable ballistic panel, formed by an assembly of a second inner fabric layer, a second intermediate trim binding layer, a second facing layer, and a second outer layer and providing a second opening for the second pliable ballistic panel; a back panel having a third pocket receptacle, sized to receive a third pliable ballistic panel, formed by an assembly of a third inner fabric layer, a third intermediate trim binding layer, a third facing layer, and a third outer layer and providing a third opening for the third pliable ballistic panel; wherein the first front panel and the second front panel are separated by a front opening; the first front panel and the back panel are joined at a first side seam and a first shoulder seam, and the second front panel and the back panel are joined at a second side seam and a second shoulder seam; wherein the first side seam or the second side seam are flanked by a first member of a first paired seperable attachment and a first member of a second paired seperable attachment at least one of which is a first half of a seperable zipper attachment; at least one detachable panel having a fourth pocket receptacle sized to receive a fourth pliable ballistic panel formed by an assembly of a fourth inner fabric layer, a fourth intermediate binding layer, a fourth outer layer and having a fourth opening; wherein the detachable rectangular panel further has a second member of a first paired seperable attachment and a second member of a second paired seperable attachment at least one of which is a second half of seperable zipper attachment, wherein the at least one detachable panel provides ballistic protection across the first side seam or the second side seam when the first half and second half of the first paired seperable attachment are paired, and the first half and second half of the second paired separable attachment are paired; wherein at least one of the paired seperable attachments is an attachment of the first half and second half of the seperable zipper attachment.