US6453477B1
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Protective padding for sports gear
Assignee: Brock USA LLC
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Filing: 2002-03-04
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Granted: 2002-09-24
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Expires: 2022-03-04
Abstract
Abstract A porous, breathable pad for use as protective padding by a person to absorb the force of an impact and to protect the user from injury while allowing liquids and air to freely pass through the pad. The pad includes a plurality of discrete, solid beads of inelastic and waterproof, closed-cell foam wherein some outer portions of adjacent beads abut one another and other outer portions of the adjacent beads are spaced from each other to create interstitial spaces. In the preferred embodiments, substantially all of the adjacent beads are fused together at their abutting, outer portions and the interstitial spaces are substantially uniformly distributed throughout the pad.
Inventors
- 👤 David W. Bainbridge
- 👤 L. Paul Nickerson
- 👤 Grant C. Denton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:08
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/08; A41; A41D; A41D13/00; A41D13/015; A41D13/05; A41D13/06; A41D13/065; A41D31/00; A41D31/04; A41D31/28; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/10; A42B3/12; A42B3/121; A42B3/125; A41D13/055; A41D13/0556; A41D13/0568; A41D13/0581; A41D13/0593; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S5/00; Y10S5/911; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/239; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A porous, breathable pad for use as protective padding by a person to absorb the force of an impact and to protect the user from injury while allowing liquids and air to freely pass through the pad, said pad having a plurality of discrete, substantially solid beads of substantially inelastic and waterproof, closed-cell foam wherein some outer portions of adjacent beads abut one another and other outer portions of said adjacent beads are spaced from each other to create interstitial spaces, at least some of said adjacent beads being fused together at the abutting, outer portions thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A porous, breathable pad for use as protective padding by a person to absorb the force of an impact and to protect the user from injury while allowing liquids and air to freely pass through the pad, said pad having a plurality of discrete, substantially solid beads of substantially inelastic and waterproof, closed-cell foam wherein some outer portions of adjacent beads abut one another and other outer portions of said adjacent beads are spaced from each other to create interstitial spaces, at least some of said adjacent beads being fused together at the abutting, outer portions thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The pad of claim 1 wherein substantially all of said adjacent beads are fused together at the abutting, outer portions thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The pad of claim 1 wherein said fused beads form a predetermined shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The pad of claim 1 wherein said interstitial spaces are substantially uniformly distributed throughout the pad.
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