Shock absorbing support and restraint means

Claim 1

A SHOCK-ABSORBING SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO BE USED AS A COUCH, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING: A RIGID FRAME ENCOMPASSING AN OCCUPANT-RECEIVING SPACE, SAID FRAME HAVING A CURVATURE IN PROFILE WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDS TO THE POSTERIOR CONTOUR OF THE HUMAN BODY AND BEING COMPRISED OF FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS WHICH ARE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER; A FABRIC WEBBING INCLUDING A FIRST LAYER COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS OF NORMALLY NON-ELASTIC MATERIAL WHICH IS PERMANENTLY ELONGATABLE BEYOND ITS NORMAL LENGTH WHEN SUBJECTED TO TENSION FORCES IN EXCESS OF THE YIELD STRENGTH OF THE MATERIAL, SAID WEBBING INCLUDING A SECOND LAYER OF FABRIC HAVING A UNIFORM TENSILE STRENTH WHICH IS LESS THAN THAT OF THE YIELD STRENGTH OF ANY OF SAID SECTIONS; MEANS FOR SECURING THE PERIPHERAL MARGINS OF THE WEBBING TO THE FRAME WHEREBY EACH OF SAID WEBBING SECTIONS IS ATTACHED TO SPACED POINTS OF THE FRAME, SAID WEBBING AND SAID FIRST FRAME SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE TORSO AND HEAD OF A PERSON RECLINING ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID WEBBING AND SECOND FRAME SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE LEGS OF THE PERSON; AND MEANS FOR LLCKING SAID FRAME SECTIONS IN A SELECTED AN GULAR RELATIONSHIP FOR SUPPORTING A PERSON IN A DESIRED POSITION, SAID WEBBING SECTIONS EACH POSSESSING A YIELD STRENGTH IN THE PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP TO THE MASS OF THE PART OF THE BODY OF A PERSON RESTING THEREON WHEREBY WHEN "G" FORCES IN EXCESS OF THE YIELD STRENGTH OF ANY OF SAID WEBBING SECTIONS ARE APPLIED UPON A PERSON RECLINING ON THE COUCH THE FIRST LAYER OF WEBBING WILL ABSORB A COMPONENT OF THE FORCES BEFORE BREAKING AND THE SECOND LAYER OF WEBBING WILL STRECTCH WITHOUT RESILIENCY TO ABSORB THE REMAINDER COMPONENTS OF SAID FORCES AND MAINTAIN THE ATTITUDE AND CONTOUR OF THE PERSON''S BODY DURING THE APPLICATION AND ATTENUATION OF SAID FORCES.