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US 11,730,995 B2Granted
Modular protective pad system
OwnerMatthew Hidalgoinventor
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Abstract
A modular protective pad system includes a plurality of modular pad units that can be secured to each other in a variety of configurations in two or three-dimensions using a set of removable patches that selectively engage with touch fasteners of the modular pad units. Example configurations include side-by-side, face-to-face, and folded/semi-folded configurations, as well as any suitable combination of these configurations.
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A modular protective pad system, comprising:
- a modular pad unit forming a three-dimensional volume having two rectangular broad faces that oppose each other, and a plurality of exterior edge faces that join the two rectangular broad faces to each other along a perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- wherein a first face of the two rectangular broad faces includes a plurality of broad-face touch fasteners each of which forming a two-dimensional region of the first face along a portion of the perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- wherein the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners includes at least two broad-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- wherein two or more of the plurality of exterior edge faces each include an edge-face touch fastener, wherein the edge-face touch fastener forms a two-dimensional region of that exterior edge face along a portion of the perimeter;
- wherein the edge-face touch fasteners include at least two edge-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- and
- a set of one or more removable patches each including a patch-based touch fastener that forms a two-dimensional region to selectively engage with any of the broad-face touch fasteners and the edge-face touch fasteners of the modular pad unit;
- wherein all of the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners and all of the edge-face touch fasteners include a first type of a hook-side or a loop-side of a hook-and-loop fastener;
- wherein all of the patch-based touch fasteners of the set of one or more removable patches include a second type of the hook-side or the loop-side of the hook-and-loop fastener that differs from the first type;
- wherein the two-dimensional region formed by each patch-based touch fastener has a rectangular shape;
- and
- wherein the longest edge of the rectangular shape is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each broad-face touch fastener and is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each edge-face touch fastener.
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A modular protective pad system, comprising:
- a plurality of modular pad units, wherein each modular pad unit forms a three-dimensional volume having two rectangular broad faces that oppose each other, and a plurality of exterior edge faces that join the two rectangular broad faces to each other along a perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- wherein for each of the plurality of modular pad units:
- a first face of the two rectangular broad faces includes a plurality of broad-face touch fasteners each of which forming a two-dimensional region of the first face along a portion of the perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners includes at least two broad-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- two or more of the plurality of exterior edge faces each include an edge-face touch fastener, wherein the edge-face touch fastener forms a two-dimensional region of that exterior edge face along a portion of the perimeter, the edge-face touch fasteners include at least two edge-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- a set of two or more removable patches each including a patch-based touch fastener that forms a two-dimensional region to selectively engage with any of the broad-face touch fasteners and the edge-face touch fasteners of the plurality of modular pad units;
- wherein all of the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners and all of the edge-face touch fasteners of the plurality of modular pad units include a first type of a hook-side or a loop-side of a hook-and-loop fastener;
- wherein all of the patch-based touch fasteners of the set of two or more removable patches include a second type of the hook-side or the loop-side of the hook-and-loop fastener that differs from the first type;
- wherein the two-dimensional region formed by each patch-based touch fastener has a rectangular shape;
- and
- wherein the longest edge of the rectangular shape is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each broad-face touch fastener and is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each edge-face touch fastener.
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A modular protective pad system, comprising:
- a modular pad unit forming a three-dimensional volume having two rectangular broad faces that oppose each other, and a plurality of exterior edge faces that join the two rectangular broad faces to each other along a perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- wherein a first face of the two rectangular broad faces includes a plurality of broad-face touch fasteners each of which forming a two-dimensional region of the first face along a portion of the perimeter of the modular pad unit;
- wherein the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners includes at least two broad-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- wherein two or more of the plurality of exterior edge faces each include an edge-face touch fastener, wherein the edge-face touch fastener forms a two-dimensional region of that exterior edge face along a portion of the perimeter;
- wherein the edge-face touch fasteners include at least two edge-face touch fasteners located on opposite sides of the first face from each other;
- and
- a set of one or more removable patches each including a patch-based touch fastener that forms a two-dimensional region to selectively engage with any of the broad-face touch fasteners and the edge-face touch fasteners of the modular pad unit;
- wherein each of the plurality of broad-face touch fasteners is offset from two corners of the first face along the perimeter by a first distance that is less than half of a longest dimension of each patch-based touch fastener of the set of one or more removable patches;
- wherein the two-dimensional region formed by each patch-based touch fastener has a rectangular shape;
- and
- wherein the longest edge of the rectangular shape is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each broad-face touch fastener and is equal to a longest edge of the two-dimensional region of each edge-face touch fastener.
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