ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,146, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Blauer Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Boston).
"Neck protecting soft body armor panel" was invented by Stephen J Blauer (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft body armor panel where one or more layers are folded over as an apron at the top edge forming a pocket(s) centered on the top edge that captures a bullet directed upwardly. The folded layers can take any number of different configurations. The folded layers can be stacked or nested. Normal layers can separate folded layers and/or be within pockets of folded layers. The apron can be 1-20 inches or extend the full height of the la...