Light weight body armor plate carrier system

Abstract

A body armor plate carrier constructed from sections of spunbonded olefin fabric bonded together with adhesives and interconnected using patches of hook and loop fastener material.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A body armor plate carrier comprising:
 a plate panel constructed of spunbonded olefin fabric and having an internal pocket therein for receiving an armor plate; and   a pair of shoulder straps extending from the plate panel for suspending the plate panel over the torso of a wearer.   
     
     
         2 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 1  wherein the plate panel is fashioned from at least one sheet of spunbonded olefin fabric configured and bonded together by an adhesive. 
     
     
         3 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 2  wherein the at least one sheet of spunbonded olefin fabric is configured to have a front section and a back section adapted to fold over the front section and enclose the arm or plate therebetween. 
     
     
         4 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 3  wherein the front section is also configured to have a pair of opposed side flaps configured to fold over the back section and wrap around opposed sides of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section. 
     
     
         5 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 4  wherein each of the opposed side flaps integrally extend from the front section and are bonded to the back section to define the internal pocket for receiving the armor plate therein. 
     
     
         6 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 3  wherein the back section has an outward facing surface and a patch of hook and loop fastener material affixed to the outward facing surface. 
     
     
         7 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 6  wherein the front section is also configured to have a pair of opposed corner flaps configured to wrap around opposed corners of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section and to fold over and detachably connect to the outer facing surface of the back section. 
     
     
         8 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 7  wherein each of the pair of opposed corner flaps has a patch of corresponding hook and loop fastener material configured to overlap and engage the patch of hook and loop material affixed to the outward facing surface of the back section. 
     
     
         9 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 6  wherein the front section is also configured to have a top flap configured to wrap around the top edge of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section and to fold over and detachably connect to the outer facing surface of the back section. 
     
     
         10 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 9  wherein the top flap has a patch of corresponding hook and loop fastener material configured to overlap and engage the patch of hook and loop material affixed to the outward facing surface of the back section. 
     
     
         11 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 9  wherein the top flap folds over the back section between the pair of shoulder straps. 
     
     
         12 . The body armor plate carrier of  claim 1  wherein the plate panel has a plurality of holes there through. 
     
     
         13 . A body armor plate carrier comprising:
 a plate panel constructed of spunbonded olein fabric and having an internal pocket therein for receiving an armor plate; and   a pair of shoulder straps extending from the plate panel for suspending the plate panel over the torso of a wearer,   the plate panel is fashioned from at least one sheet of spunbonded olefin fabric configured to have a front section and a back section,   the back section is adapted to fold over the front section and enclose the armor plate therebetween, the back section has an outward facing surface and a patch of hook and loop fastener material affixed to the outward facing surface,   the front section has a pair of opposed side flaps, a pair of opposed corner flaps and a top flap,   the pair of opposed side flaps are configured to wrap around opposed sides of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section and to fold over the back section and bond to the back section to define the internal pocket for receiving the armor plate therein,   the pair of opposed corner flaps are configured to wrap around opposed corners of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section and to fold over and detachably connect to outer facing surface of the back section, each of the pair of opposed corner flaps has a patch of corresponding hook and loop fastener material configured to overlap and engage the patch of hook and loop material affixed to the outward facing surface of the back section,   the top flap is configured to wrap around the top edge of the armor plate received between the front section and the back section and to fold over and detachably connect to the outer facing surface of the back section, the top flap has a patch of corresponding hook and loop fastener material configured to overlap and engage the patch of hook and loop material affixed to the outward facing surface of the back section, the top flap is also configured to fold over the back section between the pair of shoulder straps.