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US 11,592,076 B2Granted
Shock absorbing structure
OwnerGeoff McCueinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus comprised of a first portion comprising a generally flexible fabric, and a second portion or layer comprising a gel material formed in a generally planar rectangular shape. Positioned below the second layer is a third portion or a damping layer having a series of dampers positioned thereon, where the dampers are elastomeric flexible and compressible. The three portions are laminated together.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising:
- a first layer with a top portion and a bottom portion, and a second layer with a top portion and a bottom portion consisting of a hock absorbing gel layer, a second layer being positioned below said first layer and adhesively joined along the top portion of the second layer and bottom portion of the first layer;
- a third layer positioned below said second layer, said third layer having a top portion adhesively joined with the bottom portion of the second layer, said third layer having a bottom portion on which a series of dampers are positioned, said dampers formed of elastomeric materials, each damper shaped to be compressible, each damper having at least one sidewall extending outwardly from the bottom portion of the third layer and each damper having a closed top portion, where said shock absorbing gel is a soft gel having a shore OO hardness is in the range of 0-60, and where the shock absorbing gel remains compressible and soft during a shock impact.
The apparatus of claim one further comprising a shoe insole, an insole insert, a glove, a baseball glove, or safety equipment.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first layer with a top portion and a bottom portion, and a second layer with a top portion and a bottom portion comprising a shock absorbing gel layer, said second layer being positioned below said first layer and adhesively joined along the top portion of the second layer and bottom portion of the first layer, where the gel layer has a thickness, the gel layer thickness is configured to thin in thickness below a shock load location in response to as shock load being applied at the shock load location and the gel layer configured to swell in thickness adjacent to the shock load location in response to the applied shock load at the shock load location;
- a third layer positioned below said second layer, said third layer having a top portion adhesively joined with the bottom portion of the second layer, said third layer having a bottom portion on which a series of dampers are positioned, said dampers formed of elastomeric materials, each damper designed to be compressible, each damper having at least one sidewall extending outwardly from the bottom portion of the third layer and each damper having a closed top portion, where said shock absorbing gel is a soft gel having a shore OO hardness is in the range of 0-60, and where the shock absorbing gel remains compressible and soft during a shock impact.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first layer with a top portion and a bottom portion, and a second layer with a top portion and a bottom portion consisting of a shock absorbing gel layer, said second layer being positioned below said first layer and adhesively joined along the top portion of the second layer and bottom portion of the first layer, where the gel layer has a thickness, the gel layer thickness is configured to thin in thickness below a shock load location in response to a shock load being applied at the shock load location and the gel layer configured to swell in thickness adjacent to the shock load location in response to the applied shock load at the shock load location;
- a third layer positioned below said second layer, said third layer having a top portion adhesively joined with the bottom portion of the second layer, said third layer having a bottom portion on which a series of dampers are positioned, said dampers formed of elastomeric materials, each damper designed to be compressible;
- said second layer and said first layer designed to adsorb kinetic energy applied by the applied shock load at the shock load location, where the kinetic energy is adsorbed in a volume of the shock absorbing structure greater than the volume of the shock adsorbing structure below the applied shock location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.