ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,357, issued on July 21, was assigned to TAD Acquisition Co. LLC (Akron, Ohio).
"Molded body armor panels" was invented by Vall A. Iliev (Stow, Ohio) and Martin Iliev (Stow, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A custom molded body armor element is provided that is conformed directly on the end user's torso or other body part. The element contains a room-temperature vulcanizing material that is conformable until activated, and will then cure to a customized shape. A room-temperature vulcanizing body armor pouch is applied to the torso of a supine end user, or inserted in the vest pocket if creating a hard body armor plates. The pouch c...