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Sports pad
Assignee: Supracor Systems Inc
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Filing: 1996-11-08
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Granted: 1998-11-24
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Expires: 2016-11-08
Abstract
Abstract An improved sports pad for protecting a particular area of a user's body and including a relatively rigid, lightweight plate molded to conform to the protected body area, an outer layer of resilient thermoplastic honeycomb padding affixed to the outer surface of the plate, and an inner layer of resilient thermoplastic honeycomb padding affixed to the inner surface of the plate. The outer layer is preferably of a closed-cell configuration while the inner layer is of an open-celled configuration perforated to allow the flow of air from cell to cell.
Inventors
- 👤 Curtis L. Landi
- 👤 Susan L. Wilson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 15:18
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B3/00; B32B3/10; B32B3/12; A; A41; A41D; A41D13/00; A41D13/05; A41D13/055; A41D13/0581; A41D13/0593; A41D31/00; A41D31/04; A41D31/28; A41D31/285; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B32B3/02; B32B3/04; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/56; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/234; Y10T428/236; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24331
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A sports pad for protecting particular areas of a user's body from blunt trauma or similar injury, comprising: a substantially rigid plate having a lower face and an upper side surface, said plate being formed to fit the curvature of a body surface to be protected; an outer panel including a first flexible cellular honeycomb core affixed to said upper side surface; and an inner panel including a second flexible cellular honeycomb core secured to said lower face and adapted to engage a user's body, the cell walls of said second core being apertured to allow fluid flow through said cells.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A sports pad for protecting particular areas of a user's body from blunt trauma or similar injury, comprising: a substantially rigid plate having a lower face and an upper side surface, said plate being formed to fit the curvature of a body surface to be protected; an outer panel including a first flexible cellular honeycomb core affixed to said upper side surface; and an inner panel including a second flexible cellular honeycomb core secured to said lower face and adapted to engage a user's body, the cell walls of said second core being apertured to allow fluid flow through said cells.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 1 wherein said plate is formed of a solid layer of plastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 1 wherein said plate is formed by a rigid honeycomb structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 1 wherein said first honeycomb core has cells extending from a first core face to a second core face, an outer facing sheet affixed to said first core face, and an inner facing sheet affixed to said second core face, said inner and outer facing sheets being operative to close the cells of said first core, said inner facing sheet being bonded to said upper side surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 4 wherein said second honeycomb core has open cells extending between a third core face and a fourth core face, said third core face having a facing sheet bonded thereto and to said lower face, the cells of said second honeycomb core being open at said fourth core face such that there is no facing sheet bonded thereto.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 1 and further comprising means for affixing the pad to a user's body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
74 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 6 wherein said first honeycomb core has cells extending from a first core face to a second core face, an outer facing sheet affixed to said first core face, and an inner facing sheet affixed to said second core face, said inner and outer facing sheets being operative to close the cells of said first core, said inner facing sheet being bonded to said upper side surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
114 words
A sports pad for protecting a particular body part of a user, comprising: a rigid plate deformed to correspond to the contour of a particular body part to be protected; a first resilient energy-absorbing panel affixed to one side surface of said plate, said first panel including a honeycomb core; and a second resilient energy-absorbing panel having a first side affixed to a side surface of said plate opposite said one side surface, and a second side adapted to engage said particular body part, said second panel including a honeycomb core having cells extending between said first and second sides, said cells being closed at said first side and open at said second side.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
114 words
A sports pad for protecting a particular body part of a user, comprising: a rigid plate deformed to correspond to the contour of a particular body part to be protected; a first resilient energy-absorbing panel affixed to one side surface of said plate, said first panel including a honeycomb core; and a second resilient energy-absorbing panel having a first side affixed to a side surface of said plate opposite said one side surface, and a second side adapted to engage said particular body part, said second panel including a honeycomb core having cells extending between said first and second sides, said cells being closed at said first side and open at said second side.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 8 wherein the core walls forming said cells are perforated so as to permit fluid flow between adjacent cells.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 8 wherein said first panel includes a honeycomb core having cells closed on one side by a first facing sheet and closed on an opposite side by a second facing sheet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 8 wherein said plate has apertures therein to permit fluid flow therethrough.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sports pad as recited in claim 11 wherein said first panel has apertures formed therein to permit fluid flow therethrough.
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