Patents by Inventor Tim T. Zufle

Tim T. Zufle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4578821
    Abstract: An article of woman's body armor comprises a carrier garment such as a T-shirt or undervest with front and rear pockets for receiving armor insert panels of soft flexible bullet-resistant material. The front insert panel has slits extending from the side edges thereof with a pair of VELCRO hook and pile tabs on opposite sides of each slit, the tabs of each pair being secured respectively to opposite surfaces of the panel. The edge portions of the panel defining the respective slits can be overlapped and releasably secured by means of the VELCRO hook and pile tabs to form the panel into a bosom-accommodating cup-like shape with the degree of overlap determining the cup size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Inventor: Tim T. Zufle
  • Patent number: 4535478
    Abstract: An article of body armor comprises an undershirt-type carrier garment with front and rear pockets receiving armor panel inserts of layered bullet-resistant sheet material. The inserts and receiving pockets are standardized in dimensions so that the inserts may be interchanged as between pockets and used in different carrier garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventor: Tim T. Zufle