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Rib protector

US4481679A · kind A · utility

33Cited by
3References
16Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1982
Grant dateNov 13, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B71/12
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A contact sport rib protector adapted to cover the ribs, including the lower rib cage, of a wearer. The protector includes a flexible member having a soft, resilient, rib-contacting, inner membrane and a tough, relatively resilient, outer protective membrane. The outer member has a plurality of discrete foam-filled, protective protrusions spaced from one another by thin areas.

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