Abstract: An improved design in bullet proof garments consisting of an armored layer between a nylon fabric inner layer and an outside cushion layer of material, the armored layer consisting of an assembly of small metal plates bent either into U-shaped or N-shaped configuration and fastened together by small rings so to form a flexible panel that allows a wearer to comfortably move his body while the metal plates resist a bullet penetration due to a novel design in which springness thereof is used to resist the bullet.