ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,848, issued on Sept. 1.
"Compact collapsible ballistic body armor system" was invented by Tyler Glenn (Westlake Village, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible ballistic body armor system having a linear arrangement of two to four armor panels in a deployment condition defining a rectangular prism array of armor panels shielding the front of the user. Each adjacent armor panel is interconnected along their respective edges by a hinge connection so that the collapsible ballistic body armor system is movable between the deployment condition and a folded position. In the deployment condition, a cover panel pivotably attache...