Close quarter battle chaps

Abstract

An article of manufacture for protecting the upper leg against injury from small arms fire that also protects against shrapnel and debris propelled from an explosive compound or device that also provides for attachment points for a myriad of combat equipment such as magazine pouches, holsters, grenade pouches, radio pouches, first aid kits, etcetera, includes a knee length set of chaps type of protective garment. The chaps provide frontal and flank protection to the upper leg and accordingly the femur and femoral artery, thus providing an over-garment that protects the wearer without impairing the wearers flexibility, and a piece of combat equipment that incorporates up to level 4 ballistic protection.

1 . An article of manufacture for protecting the upper leg against injury from small arms fire (Leg Armor) that also protects against shrapnel and debris propelled from an explosive compound or device that also provides for attachment points for a myriad of combat equipment such as magazine pouches and holsters and grenade pouches and radio pouches and first aid kits etcetera comprising:
 A protective garment that covers more surface area than any other on the drop leg platform on the market today;   A over-garment that protects the wearer without impairing the wearers flexibility; and   A piece of combat equipment that incorporates up to level 4 ballistic protection.   
     
     
         2 . A ballistic over-garment, comprising:
 ballistic armor;   a pair of knee-length leg assemblies, each leg assembly configured to cover a front portion and a flank portion of a wearer's upper leg, each leg assembly having a pocket to retain the ballistic armor and a belt channel for mounting the leg assembly to a belt; and   a plurality of leg straps, at least one leg strap coupled to each leg assembly and configured to releasably secure each leg assembly about the wearer's upper leg such that the ballistic armor substantially covers the front portion and the flank portion of the upper leg.   
     
     
         3 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 2 , wherein each leg assembly includes a front panel and a rear panel that define the pocket therebetween. 
     
     
         4 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 2 , wherein each leg assembly includes an outer peripheral edge extending about a perimeter of the leg assembly, and wherein the outer peripheral edge substantially defines the size of the pocket. 
     
     
         5 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 2 , wherein each leg assembly includes an opening through which the ballistic armor is removably received into the pocket. 
     
     
         6 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 5 , wherein each leg assembly includes a flap movable between open and closed positions, and, when in the closed position, the flap covers the opening to retain the ballistic armor in the pocket. 
     
     
         7 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 2 , comprising a plurality of attachment regions coupled to a front surface of each leg assembly, the attachment regions configured to retain peripheral equipment when attached thereto. 
     
     
         8 . The ballistic over-garment as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the attachment regions comprise a plurality of straps, each strap coupled to the front surface of each leg assembly at spaced apart intervals along the length of the strap. 
     
     
         9 . Ballistic chaps, comprising:
 ballistic armor;   a pair of knee-length leg assemblies, each leg assembly having a front side edge, a rear side edge, and a pocket to retain the ballistic armor, each leg assembly configured to cover a front portion and a flank portion of a wearer's upper leg;   a plurality of leg straps, at least one leg strap coupled to each leg assembly proximate the front side edge and the rear side edge and configured to releasably secure each leg assembly about the wearer's upper leg such that the ballistic armor substantially covers the front portion and the flank portion of the upper leg; and   a plurality of straps coupled to an outer surface of each leg assembly in a plurality of spaced apart rows that extend between the front side edge and the rear side edge, each strap coupled to the outer surface at spaced apart intervals along the length of the strap to form a plurality of attachment regions to retain peripheral equipment when attached thereto.   
     
     
         10 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each leg assembly includes a belt channel for mounting the leg assembly to a belt. 
     
     
         11 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each leg assembly includes a front panel and a rear panel that define the pocket therebetween. 
     
     
         12 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each leg assembly includes an outer peripheral edge extending about a perimeter of the leg assembly, and wherein the outer peripheral edge substantially defines the size of the pocket. 
     
     
         13 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 9 , wherein each leg assembly includes an opening through which the ballistic armor is removably received into the pocket. 
     
     
         14 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 13 , wherein each leg assembly includes a flap movable between open and closed positions, and, when in the closed position, the flap covers the opening to retain the ballistic armor in the pocket. 
     
     
         15 . The ballistic chaps as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the ballistic armor is made of Kevlar.