Bullet resistant vest and vest cover

Claim 1

A bullet resistant wearer protective vest for protecting law enforcement officers in the line of duty comprising: a shell including an upper vest portion; bullet resistant wearer protective panels of impact absorbing anti-ballistic material secured in fixed positions on the upper vest portion of the shell so as to form a non-stretchable enclosure to at least partially protectively surround the upper torso of a wearer when the vest is worn; the upper vest portion having a front and a back, and a waist level extending around the front and the back thereof at the approximate height of a wearer's waist when the vest is worn; the shell further including a horizontally and vertically elastic lower garment portion having an elastic waistband adapted to surround the waist of the wearer and an elastic crotch section adapted to extend between the legs of the wearer, the waistband and crotch section each having a front and a back connected, respectively, to the front and back of the vest portion at the waist level thereof, whereby the lower garment portion connects the back and front of the vest portion together in a first path around the waist of the wearer and in a second path between the legs of the wearer and elastically holds the back and the front of the vest portion both vertically and horizontally at the waist level; and the shell having at least two fasteners at the lower garment portion to enable disconnection between the front and back of the upper vest portion along both of the paths, to thereby facilitate putting on and removal of the vest by the wearer.