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Shock absorbing pad structure for athletic equipment

US4985931A · kind A · utility

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30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1989
Grant dateJan 22, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2071/1208
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A shock absorbing pad structure for athletic equipment, such as shoulder pads, has a foam member, having an undulated configuration formed by a plurality of elevations and dperessions, arranged in a staggered relationship with respect to one another, disposed within a flexible, substantially air impermeable enclosure. The flexible enclosure has at least one air permeable portion disposed therein.

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