BULLETPROOF PROTECTOR AND BULLETPROOF CLOTHES
Bulletproof protector is capable of protecting the neck of a person securely from a bullet or the like. Bulletproof protector 1 includes: a cylindrical neck protector 2 made of a bulletproof material and protecting the neck of a person; and a sheet under-the-neck protector 3 made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole 3a for inserting the neck protector 2, and protecting a region immediately under the neck of the person. A bulletproof plate 7 covers the neck protector 2 inserted in the attachment hole 3a and the under-the-neck protector to thereby cover a connection part K of the neck protector 2 and the under-the-neck protector 3, thereby preventing a bullet M from penetrating the connection part K.
The present invention relates to bulletproof protector (ballistic resistant body covering) and bulletproof clothes protecting a human body, particularly, the neck of a person, against a bullet, a knife or the like.
BACKGROUND ARTA flak jacket (bulletproof clothes) protecting a human body against a bullet, a knife or the like requires a high capability against a bullet and a knife, as well as a light weight and comfortableness to wear. A person puts on such a flak jacket (e.g., refer to Patent Document 1) by inserting the head through a hole formed in the middle of a cover sheet made of a special bulletproof material and connecting (fixing) the front and back surfaces of the cover sheet using a surface zipper or the like. With sticking the head out of the hole of the cover sheet, the person can protect the torso front with the face of the cover sheet.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.2000-241097 DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the InventionIf a bullet comes flying from nowhere and hits a person on the neck, however, then the flak jacket according to Patent Document 1 cannot protect the neck against such a bullet because the neck is exposed with the head poking out of the hole of the cover sheet.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide bulletproof protector and bulletproof clothes capable of protecting the neck of a person securely against a bullet or the like.
MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMSIn order to protect the neck of a person from a bullet or the like, protector the neck with a bulletproof material is considered to be most simple and effective. As a result of researches and studies, however, the Inventor(s) found out that protector the neck merely with a bulletproof material cannot protect the neck securely. As shown in
The inventor(s) also found out through researches and studies that a configuration shown in
In addition, the inventor(s) found out through researches and studies that as shown in
As described so far, in order to accomplish the above objects, bulletproof protector according to claim 1 includes: a cylindrical neck protector made of a bulletproof material and protecting the neck of a person; and a sheet under-the-neck protector made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole for inserting the neck protector, and protecting a region immediately under the neck of the person, in which a bulletproof plate is provided which covers the neck protector inserted in the attachment hole and the under-the-neck protector.
Bulletproof protector according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the bulletproof protector according to claim 1, the bulletproof plate includes a stand-up collar portion extending in the directions around the neck of the person along an exterior surface of the neck protector and a brim portion extending in the directions around the region immediately under the neck of the person along an exterior surface of the under-the-neck protector, and the stand-up collar portion is unifying formed with the brim portion.
Bulletproof protector according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the bulletproof protector according to claim 1 or 2, the bulletproof plate is arranged on the front side of the person.
Bulletproof clothes according to claim 4 includes: a cylindrical neck protector made of a bulletproof material and protecting the neck of a person; and a torso protector made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole for inserting the neck protector, and protecting a region under the neck of the person, in which a bulletproof plate is provided which covers the neck protector inserted in the attachment hole and the torso protector,
ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTIONIn the bulletproof protector according to claim 1, the neck protector and the under-the-neck protector are covered with the bulletproof plate, thereby enhancing the bulletproofing capability of the neck protector, the under-the-neck protector and a connection part thereof in the bulletproof protector. This makes it possible to prevent even a high speed bullet and a hard bullet from penetrating the bulletproof protector, thereby protecting the neck of a person securely against a bullet or the like.
In the bulletproof protector according to claim 2, the stand-up collar portion is unifying formed with the brim portion, thereby producing no connection part having a lower bulletproofing capability between the collar portion and the brim portion, so that the neck of a person can be securely protected against a bullet or the like.
In the bulletproof protector according to claim 3, the bulletproof plate is arranged on the front side of a person which is more likely to receive a bullet, thereby improving the bulletproofing capability against a bullet which comes flying from ahead of the person.
In the bulletproof protector according to claim 4, the neck protector and the torso protector are covered with the bulletproof plate. In the same way as the bulletproof protector according to claim 1, therefore, the neck of a person can be securely protected against a bullet which is fired at high speed or is hard.
- 1 bulletproof protector
- 2 neck protector
- 2A non-bulletproof area
- 2B bulletproof effective area
- 3 under-the-neck protector
- 3a attachment hole
- 31 front protector
- 32 back protector
- 4 cover
- 5 stopper
- 5a seams
- 6 torso protector
- 7 bulletproof plate
- 7a stand-up collar portion
- 7b brim portion
- 10 bulletproof clothes
- K connection part
- M bullet
- P bulletproof clothes
- P1 neck portion
Embodiments of the present invention will be below described with reference to the drawings.
First EmbodimentAs shown in
The neck protector 2 is provided at the lower edge of the peripheral surface, as shown in
The stopper 5 is arranged in such a way that the lower edge thereof is on the same plane (flush) with the lower edge of the neck protector 2, and has a height H equivalent to the height from the lower edge of the neck protector 2 to the upper edge of the stopper 5. The inventor(s) found out through researches and studies that the height H should be set, taking the following respect into account. If a bullet M strikes the lower edge of the neck protector 2, the bullet M shifts its course toward the body (torso) of a person without stopping at the neck protector 2. Accordingly, in order to protect the neck (body) securely, the bullet M needs to be hindered from striking the lower edge of the neck protector 2. From this conclusion, the under-the-neck protector 3 should be a predetermined distance or above apart from the lower edge of the neck protector 2 as described later, thereby preventing the bullet M from hitting the lower edge of the neck protector 2.
For this purpose, the stopper 5 needs to have the height H above a height capable of stopping the bullet M at the neck protector 2. As shown in
The stopper 5 is sewn onto the neck protector 2 in one or several places; two in this embodiment. Seams 5a thereof are formed along the whole periphery of the upper edge and lower edge of the stopper 5. Herein, a bulletproof effective area 2B is an area above the non-bulletproof area 2A of the neck protector 2 provided with the stopper 5, or an area capable of stopping the bullet M with unturned.
The under-the-neck protector 3 is, as shown in
The neck protector 2 is inserted into the attachment hole 3a, and the under-the-neck protector 3 (the edge around the attachment hole 3a) is positioned a predetermined distance above the lower edge of the neck protector 2. In other words, the under-the-neck protector 3 is positioned above the non-bulletproof area 2A of the neck protector 2 when the stopper 5 comes into contact with the under-the-neck protector 3 while inserting the neck protector 2 into the attachment hole 3a.
With the neck protector 2 inserted in the attachment hole 3a of the under-the-neck protector 3, as shown in
As shown in
In this embodiment, the height H2 of the stand-up collar portion 7a is set to 70 mm, the angle α2 of the brim portion 7b to the stand-up collar portion 7a is set, for example, to 135°, and the width W of the brim portion. 7b around the neck is set to 50-60 mm. The bulletproof plate 7 has a thickness T, for example, of approximately 10 mm in this embodiment, taking the speed and hardness of the bullet M into account. In the bulletproof plate 7, there are a dangerous zone S1 near the upper edge of the stand-up collar portion 7a and a dangerous zone S2 around the corner of the stand-up collar portion 7a and the brim portion 7b. The bulletproof plate 7 has the function of securely stopping the bullet M which is fired at high speed or is hard in the dangerous zone S1 and the dangerous zone S2, though the bullet M conventionally highly probably penetrates the zones S1 and S2.
As shown in
The cover 4 covers the thus assembled neck protector 2, under-the-neck protector 3 and bulletproof plate 7 along the inside and outside shapes thereof. The cover 4 is joined and fixed at several places to the neck protector 2 and the under-the-neck protector 3. Particularly, in a penetrating portion 2a and a penetrated portion 3b (see
The outer diameter of the neck protector 2 is set, as shown in
A person can put on the thus configured bulletproof protector 1 and existing bulletproof clothes P by first inserting the head into the neck protector 2 to put on (attaching) the bulletproof protector 1, and then putting on the existing bulletproof clothes P on top thereof. Herein, the existing bulletproof clothes P may be the one which the person pulls over the head like a poncho or the one which the person can open in the front.
As described so far, in the bulletproof protector 1, the non-bulletproof area 2A of the neck protector 2 is covered with the under-the-neck protector 3, thereby preventing the bullet M from hitting the non-bulletproof area 2A of the neck protector 2. Therefore, the bullet M strikes only the bulletproof effective area 2B of the neck protector 2, and when hitting on the neck protector 2, the bullet M can be slowed, braked and stopped. In addition, the connection part K as the boundary between the neck protector 2 and the under-the-neck protector 3 is covered with the bulletproof plate 7 having a high bulletproofing capability. Accordingly, as shown in
In the bulletproof plate 7, the stand-up collar portion 7a is unifying formed with the brim portion 7b, thereby producing no connection part having a lower bulletproofing capability between the collar portion 7a and the brim portion 7b, so that the neck of a person can be securely protected against the bullet M or the like. Besides, since the front side of the human body G is more likely to receive the bullet M than the back side thereof, the bulletproof plate 7 is attached to the front side, thereby improving the bulletproofing capability of the bulletproof protector 1.
The under-the-neck protector 3 includes the front protector 31 and the back protector 32 joined together along the ridgeline of the shoulders of a person. Therefore, even if the under-the-neck protector 3 is made of a rigid bulletproof material, as shown in
The bulletproof clothes 10 includes: a neck protector 2; and a torso protector 6 as a protective member made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole 6a for inserting the neck protector 2 and protecting a region under the neck of a person. The bulletproof clothes 10 extend up to under the abdomen, different from the under-the-neck protector 3. In the same way as the first embodiment, the bulletproof plate 7 is attached to the exterior surface of the neck protector 2 inserted in the attachment hole 6a. In this state, the edge around the attachment hole 6a of the torso protector 6 is located a predetermined distance above the lower edge of the neck protector 2, in other words, above the non-bulletproof area 2A. The torso protector 6 may be formed by a single member in a body, or a plurality of members.
If a person wears the thus configured bulletproof protector 10, the person can protect the neck securely from the bullet M or the like which is fired at high speed or is hard in the same way as the first embodiment, and protect even a region under the neck as well.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, however, a specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments. Hence, the present invention includes numerous variations in design and the like without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in each embodiment, the under-the-neck protector 3 or the torso protector 6 is arranged above the non-bulletproof area 2A of the neck protector 2 using the stopper 5, however, it maybe done by any other means. In addition, the bulletproof plate 7 is attached to the neck protector 2 using the self elasticity, however, it may be removable using a surface zipper or the like. Besides, if there is no need to detach the bulletproof plate 7, the bulletproof plate 7 may be fixed to the neck protector 2 using an adhesive.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITYAs described so far, the bulletproof protector and the bulletproof clothes according to the present invention is extremely useful for protecting the neck of a person securely from a bullet or the like,
Claims
1. Bulletproof protector, comprising:
- a cylindrical neck protector made of a bulletproof material and protecting the neck of a person; and
- a sheet under-the-neck protector made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole for inserting the neck protector, and protecting a region immediately under the neck of the person,
- wherein a bulletproof plate is provided which covers the neck protector inserted in the attachment hole and the under-the-neck protector.
2. The bulletproof protector according to claim 1, wherein the bulletproof plate includes a stand-up collar portion extending in the directions around the neck of the person along an exterior surface of the neck protector and a brim portion extending in the directions around the region immediately under the neck of the person along an exterior surface of the under-the-neck protector, and the stand-up collar portion is unifying formed with the brim portion.
3. The bulletproof protector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bulletproof plate is arranged on the front side of the person.
4. Bulletproof clothes, comprising:
- a cylindrical neck protector made of a bulletproof material and protecting the neck of a person; and
- a torso protector made of a bulletproof material, having an attachment hole for inserting the neck protector, and protecting a region under the neck of the person,
- wherein a bulletproof plate is provided which covers the neck protector inserted in the attachment hole and the torso protector.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 1, 2008
Publication Date: Jun 23, 2011
Applicant: HIRANO TRADING COMPANY (Machida-shi, Tokyo)
Inventor: Matsuhiko Hirano (Tokyo)
Application Number: 12/294,751
International Classification: F41H 1/02 (20060101);