ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,108, issued on May 13, was assigned to TYR Tactical LLC (Peoria, Ariz.).
"Ballistic vest system with ballistic ridge component" was invented by Jason Beck (Peoria, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a ballistic vest system having a ballistic vest plate carrier with a ballistic plate engaged to a ballistic ridge component disposed therein that provides protection against side spall and back face deformation caused by the impact of ballistic projectiles and shrapnel along the peripheral area of the ballistic plate and methods to manufacture such a ballistic vest systems are generally described herein. Other embodiments...