ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,981, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Safe Life Defense LLC (Henderson, Nev.).

"Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same" was invented by Nick Groat (Las Vegas) and Brian Jones (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal protective vest assembly is described herein. The personal protective vest assembly includes a personal protective vest and a body armor panel positioned within the personal protective vest. The body armor panel includes a ballistic material panel assembly that includes a plurality of layered material segments defined between a strike face and a wear face. Each ...