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Web and bladder suspension protection system

US8966668B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 2013
Grant dateMar 3, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 11, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2071/125
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Lightweight and flexible personal protective padding systems for the protection of joints, bones and muscles, where one embodiment includes a hard outer shell structure as shielding, a gas filled compartment or bladder to stabilize the system and absorb and disperse impact energy and/or a web structure suspended across opposed peripheral edges of the outer shell and between the shell and user's body to absorb energy and to provide ventilation. Hybrid structures include both the bladder and web structure.

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