Bulletproof dress shirt

Claim 1

A bulletproof shirt comprising: a front panel and a rear panel and connecting means releasably attaching said front panel to said rear panel; Said front panel including: (a) an outer layer including means incorporated thereon causing said outer layer to resemble a shirt; (b) a middle layer including a portion of said connecting means; (c) an inner layer including a first opening bounded by first and second means releasably fastening said opening in a closed configuration; (d) said outer layer being permanently fastened to said middle layer at one location and said middle layer being permanently fastened to said inner layer to form a front panel containment area between said inner and middle layers accessible through said first opening; Said rear panel including: (a) an outer layer including a portion of said connecting means and further including third releasable fastening means; (b) an inner layer including fourth releasable fastening means engageable by said third releasable fastening means; (c) said inner and outer layers of said rear panel being permanently fastened together so that said third and fourth releasable fastening means engage one another and provide closable access to a rear panel containment area formed between said layers; Said shirt further including removable bulletproof pads, a first said pad being removably inserted into said front panel containment area and a second said pad being removably inserted into said rear panel containment area; Said front and rear panels being assembled to one another by engagement of said connecting means in said panels.