Body impact protection system
OwnerTimothy W. Markisoninventor
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Abstract
A body impact protection system includes an inner layer and an impact force dampening and defusing structure. The inner layer includes a material composition and is adjacent to a body part when the body impact protection system is worn. The impact force dampening and defusing structure is juxtaposed to the inner layer and includes a plurality of components. The components function to reduce pressure on the body part from an impact force on a layer by layer basis. Each layer of the system dampens and defuses the impact force such that, by the time it reaches the body part, it has been substantially attenuated and spread over a large area.
Claims7
A chest protection system comprises:
- an outer layer including a first material composition and having a geometric shape configured to correspond to a front torso of a human being;
- an inner layer including a second material composition, wherein the inner layer is adjacent to the front torso when the chest protection system is worn;
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- an impact force dampening and defusing structure positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer, arranged to reduce pressure on the front torso when an impact force strikes the chest protection system by reducing a body part impact force resulting from the impact force and by increasing a body part impact area with respect to a chest protection system impact area receiving the impact force, wherein the impact force dampening and defusing structure includes:
- a first layer of a first set of components of a plurality of components arranged in a first pattern;
- a second layer of a second set of components of the plurality of components arranged in a second pattern that is complimentary to the first pattern with respect to the reducing pressure on the front torso, wherein a component of the first set of components of the first layer is configured to interact with two or more components of the second set of components of the second layer;
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- an intermediate layer between the first and second layers of the first and second sets of components, wherein the intermediate layer includes a second material composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.