ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,996, issued on Oct. 6.
"Ballistic shirt system" was invented by Kenneth Blakeley (El Cajon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shirt system for supporting body armor includes an inner shirt with an inner shirt pocket attached to an inner shirt front panel, an outer shirt with an outer shirt pocket attached to an outer shirt rear panel, a first ballistic panel of the body armor disposed within the inner shirt pocket, a second ballistic panel of the body armor disposed within the outer shirt pocket, and a first strap and a second strap connected to the inner shirt pocket and the outer shirt pocket. An outer shirt yoke includes an o...