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US 11,445,777 B2Granted
Modular liner system for protective helmets
AssigneeVicis IP, LLC
InventorsKurt Fischer, Kayla Fukuda, Mike Czerski, Adam Frank, Cord Santiago
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for improved protective clothing such as helmets and protective headgear, including improvements in modular, semi-custom or customized helmet liners and/or inserts to enhance wearer comfort and reduce the deleterious effects of impacts between the wearer and other players and/or objects in all types of wearer activities (i.e., sports, military, equestrian, etc.).
Claims20
A modular liner system comprising:
- a plurality of discrete liner segments, each of the plurality of discrete liner segments comprises a plastic layer and a plurality of padded liner elements,
- the plastic layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, the plurality of padded liner elements comprising a first material and a second material, each of the plurality of padded liner elements are spaced apart from each other and coupled to different regions on the plastic layer inner surface.
A protective helmet comprising:
- an outer shell having an inner surface;
- an impact absorbing layer, an outer surface of the impact absorbing layer coupled to the inner surface of the outer shell;
- the impact absorbing layer including a plurality of impact absorbing structures;
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- a modular liner system, the modular liner system comprising a plurality of padded liner assemblies, at least a portion of the plurality of padded liner assemblies are removably coupled to different regions of the impact absorbing layer,
- each of the plurality of padded liner assemblies having a plastic layer and a plurality of padded liner elements, the plurality of padded liner elements comprising a first material and a second material each of the plurality of padded lining elements are spaced apart and coupled to the plastic layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.