Patent ID: 7629277

Claim:
A fragment resistant material comprising: a) at least one consolidated network of fibers, said consolidated network of fibers comprising a plurality of cross-plied, non-woven fiber layers, each fiber layer comprising a plurality of fibers arranged in a substantially parallel array; said fibers having a tenacity of about 7 g/denier or more and a tensile modulus of about 150 g/denier or more; said fibers having an elastomeric matrix composition thereon, said elastomeric matrix composition substantially coating each of the individual fibers and comprising from about 7% to about 15% by weight of said consolidated network of fibers; the plurality of cross-plied, non-woven fiber layers being consolidated with said matrix composition to form said consolidated network of fibers; said consolidated network of fibers having anterior and posterior surfaces; wherein if said fibers comprise aramid fibers or poly (p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) fibers, said matrix composition comprises at least about 11% by weight of said consolidated network of fibers; and b) at least one layer of a polymer film attached to each of said anterior and posterior surfaces of said consolidated network of fibers, wherein said polymer film layers comprise from about 2% to about 25% percent by weight of the overall material.