Protective armour gear

Abstract

The invention is a protective amour gear comprising—a main hip belt ( 3 ) with right and left side junctions ( 2, 2 ) near said wearer's hip joints, for holding a right and left side, generally “V” or “U” shaped fork structural element ( 1, 1 ) by their lower, middle portion ( 1 v, 1 v ), respectively,—each structural element ( 1, 1 ) having a fore vertical branch ( 1 F, 1 F) extending up along the wearer's frontal chest to an elevation near his right and left collar bone, respectively, with a separation of about one half of the wearer's chest width; and—each said fork structural element (1,1) further having a rear or back vertical branch ( 1 B, 1 B) extending up along the wearer's back to an elevation near his right and left shoulder wing, respectively, and having a separation of about one half of the wearer's back width,—fore attachment elements ( 6 F, 6 F) on said fore vertical branches ( 1 F, 1 F) for holding a frontal chest amour plate on or between said fore vertical branches (F, 1 F), and—rear attachment elements ( 6 R, 6 R) on said rear or back vertical branches ( 1 B, 1 B) for holding a back amour plate on or between said rear vertical branches ( 1 B, 1 B).

1 . A protective armour gear comprising
 a main belt for attachment around a wearer's hips,   a right and a left side junction on said main belt and arranged near said wearer's hip joints, said junctions holding a right and left side, generally “V” or “U” shaped fork structural element by its lower, middle portion, respectively,   each said fork structural element having a fore vertical branch extending up along the wearer's frontal chest to an elevation near his right and left collar bone, respectively, with a separation of about one half of the wearer's chest width;   each said fork structural element further having a rear or back vertical branch extending up along the wearer's back to an elevation near his right and left shoulder wing, respectively, and having a separation of about one half of the wearer's back width,   fore attachment elements on said fore vertical branches for holding a frontal chest armour plate on or between said fore vertical branches, and   rear attachment elements on said rear or back vertical branches for holding a back armour plate on or between said rear vertical branches.   
     
     
         2 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , further comprising a right and a left structural vertical shoulder arch extending from front to rear above the wearer's shoulders, said right and left structural shoulder arch connected from an upper portion of said right and left fore vertical branch and an upper portion of said right and left rear vertical branch, respectively, and extending above the wearers' shoulders, each structural shoulder arch to provide structural support for further armour plates, such as shoulder armour plates, helmet, neck armour collar or other equipment. 
     
     
         3 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , further comprising a right and a left structural lateral shoulder arch extending subhorizontally around the wearer's shoulders, said right and left structural shoulder arch also connected from an upper portion of said right and left fore vertical branch and an upper portion of said right and left rear vertical branch, respectively, each structural shoulder arch to provide structural support for further armour plates, such as shoulder armour plates, or other equipment. 
     
     
         4 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , said right and left side junctions on said main belt forming rigid, non-pivoting junctions between said main belt and said left and right middle portions, respectively. 
     
     
         5 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , said right and left side junction comprising a right and a left side pivot axle or link axis extending horizontally out to the right and left side, respectively, on said main belt
 said right and left side, generally “V” or “U” shaped fork structural element with its lower middle portion pivotally connected on said right and left side junction,   
     
     
         6 . The protective armour gear of any of  claim 1 ,
 said left and right side “V”- or “U”-shaped fork structural elements each shaped as a bent plate with a common face of its middle portion and its fore and aft vertical branches draped along the right and left sides of the wearers' torso, respectively.   
     
     
         7 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , said main belt, said right and left fork structural elements arranged in a body-near or tight-fitting configuration. 
     
     
         8 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 , said right and left structural elements comprising an antiballistic armour plate. 
     
     
         9 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 ,
 said left and right side structural elements made in flexible and bending elastic fibre composite material or thermoplastic material such as ABS plastic, Polycarbonate, and PET.   
     
     
         10 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 ,
 said left and right side structural elements comprising plates or profile elements of light metal such as aluminium or titanium.   
     
     
         11 . The protective armour gear of  claim 1 ,
 said left and right side structural elements comprising thermoplastic material such as ABS plastic, Polycarbonate, and PET.   
     
     
         12 . The protective armour gear of any of  claim 1 , said right and left structural vertical shoulder arch made as flexible and bending elastic arch-shaped rods of fibre composite material or thermoplastic material such as ABS plastic. 
     
     
         13 . The protective armour gear of any of  claim 1 , one or more of said fore and aft vertical branches having first internal channel extending along its length. 
     
     
         14 . The protective armour gear of any of  claim 1 , one or more of said right and left structural vertical shoulder arch comprising a second internal channel connected to one or more of said first internal channels.