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US 10,794,650 B2Granted
Composite sporting equipment
AssigneeContinuous Composites Inc.
InventorsKenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett
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Abstract
A sporting equipment is disclosed. The sporting equipment may include a harness, and a protective plate. The protective plate may be integrally formed with the harness from a plurality of fibers that are continuous from the harness into the protective plate.
Claims20
A sporting equipment, comprising:
- a harness configured to be worn on an upper body of a human, the harness having at least a front portion and a back portion and being fabricated from a plurality of fibers;
- and
- a protective panel at least partially surrounded and supported by the harness, the protective panel being integrally formed from the plurality of fibers of the harness and configured to protect the human from an impact injury,
- wherein the plurality of fibers are continuous from the harness into the protective panel, the plurality of fibers are at least partially coated with a first matrix in the harness and a second matrix in the protective panel, and the first and second matrixes are different.
1 more element
A sporting equipment, comprising:
- a harness configured to be worn by a human;
- a protective panel operatively supported by the harness and configured to protect the human from an impact injury;
- and
- a functional component disposed in the protective panel, wherein:
- the harness and the protective panel are formed from a plurality of fibers;
- the plurality of fibers includes a structural type of fiber and a functional type of fiber;
- and
- the functional component is connected between ends of the functional type of fiber.
5 more elements
A sporting equipment, comprising:
- a harness configured to be worn by a human and fabricated from a plurality of fibers coated in a first matrix;
- and
- a protective panel configured to protect the human from an impact injury and integrally formed from the plurality of fibers of the harness, the plurality of fibers in the protective panel being coated in a second matrix different from the first matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.