| abstract |
The present invention discloses a ballistic armor article comprising (a) a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer, the first nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of parallel yarns, the second nonwoven a layer comprising a second plurality of parallel yarns, the yarns of the first layer having an orientation in a direction different from the orientation of the yarns of the second layer, (b) at least one of the first layer and the first layer two layers of bonded yarns bonded together, said yarns being transverse to the plane of said first layer and said second layer, (c) coating said first plurality of yarns and said second plurality of yarns A binding resin having a modulus of no greater than 6500 psi, at least a portion of the inner surface of the yarns, and (d) coating at least a portion of the outer surface of the first plurality of yarns and the second plurality of yarns A viscoelastic resin having a modulus greater than 6500 psi. |