Shock-absorbing device

Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLAGE COMPRISING AN ARTICLE TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST SHOCK, A CONTAINER FOR SAID ARTICLE, SHOCK-ABSORBING MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE IMPARTING OF SHOCK TO SAID ARTICLE COMPRISING A MOLDED ASSEMBLAGE OF CURLED, RESILIENT, FORM-RETAINING FIBERS; SAID FIBERS BEING BOUND TOGETHER BY MEANS OF A RESILIENT BINDER SO AS TO BE MAINTAINED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED RELATIONSHIP WITH A PLURALITY OF INTERSTICES THEREBETWEEN WHEREBY SAID FIBERS MAY BE DISTORTED BY MEANS OF A DISTORTING FORCE AND RETURNING TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION UPON REMOVAL OF SAID FORCE, SAID SHOCKABSORBING MEANS BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN A PORTION OF THE CONTAINER AND A PORTION OF THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID ARTICLE TO BE PROTECTED; SAID SHOCK-ABSORBING MEANS HAVING A SURFACE PORTION OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION CONFORMING WITH THE ENGAGED EXTERIOR SURFACE PORTION OF THE ARTICLE TO BE PROTECTED, AND A PROTECTIVE, THERMOPLASTIC, SMOOTH, NON-ABRASIVE SURFACING DISPOSED ON SAID SHOCKABSORBING SURFACE PORTION OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION FOR ENGAGING SAID ARTICLE TO BE PROTECTED; SAID THERMOPLASTIC SURFACING BEING BOUND TO SAID RESILIENT, FORM-RETAINING FIBES OF SAID SHOCK-ABSORBING MEANS BY SAID RESILIENT BINDER.