US 11,951,723 B2
Armor
Mike Konyu, Sun Lakes, AZ (US); Robert Shivers, Mill Creek, WA (US); and Spiro Mitsanas, Vallejo, CA (US)
Filed by Mike Konyu, Sun Lakes, AZ (US); Robert Shivers, Mill Creek, WA (US); and Spiro Mitsanas, Vallejo, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,563.
Application 17/327,563 is a continuation of application No. 15/533,637, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2015/064828, filed on Dec. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/089,711, filed on Dec. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402731 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/30 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); F41H 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 3/06 (2013.01) [B32B 3/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 5/30 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); F41H 5/0435 (2013.01); F41H 5/0492 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 2250/40 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/04 (2013.01); B32B 2255/20 (2013.01); B32B 2255/205 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2260/025 (2013.01); B32B 2260/04 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0269 (2013.01); B32B 2262/08 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2262/14 (2013.01); B32B 2264/101 (2013.01); B32B 2264/102 (2013.01); B32B 2264/104 (2013.01); B32B 2264/107 (2013.01); B32B 2264/108 (2013.01); B32B 2264/12 (2013.01); B32B 2307/546 (2013.01); B32B 2307/56 (2013.01); B32B 2571/02 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible ballistic armor apparatus comprising at least two flexible ballistic armor units;
each of the at least two ballistic armor units comprising:
(i) a single row of spherical units comprising at least two spherical units arranged linearly,
(ii) an inner envelope encasing the row of spherical units, and
(iii) an outer envelope encasing the inner envelope,
wherein the at least two ballistic armor units are attached parallel to one another,
wherein each spherical unit is comprised of a fragmentation material,
wherein each spherical unit is ⅝th inch, and
wherein each spherical unit is comprised of a fragmentation material selected from tempered amorphous silica, ceramic or amorphous silica fiber infused with a liquid metal, quartz hardened graphene wrapped in ceramic/glass, silicon carbide, carbon/carbon composites, carbon/carbon/silicon carbide composites, boron carbide, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide particulate/aluminum metal matrix composites, quartz, feldspar, magnesium, graphene, graphene compounds or a combination thereof.