Enhanced mobility wearable system with sensory cushioning system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Andon, Summer L. Schneider
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Abstract
A Smart Electro-Adaptive Reactive Airbag System (“SEARAS”) provides for smart augmentation wearables and may incorporate any of a variety of wearable articles that provide for enhanced mobility, sensory, and/or stability augmentation for the wearer. The proprioceptive inputs and outputs may be tactile, neurological, or other stimuli perceptible, e.g., seen, felt, heard, smelt, tasted, or otherwise apprehendable or appreciable by the senses and/or mind of the wearer, including possible adjustments for the physicality of the wearer.
Claims20
A smart electro-adaptive reactive airbag system, comprising:
- a plurality of enhanced wearable mobility articles, each comprising:
- a rigid frame configured to be secured to a body part of a wearer;
- and
- a sensory cushioning system, secured to the rigid frame and configured to interface with the body part of the wearer, comprising:
- an airbag forming an interior volume and a pocket, wherein the interior volume is substantially airtight;
- an internal electronic assembly positioned within the pocket and including a pressure sensor;
- an external electronic assembly positioned exterior to the airbag;
- an interconnect electrically coupling the internal electronic assembly to the external electronic assembly;
- and
- a communication module configured to provide electronic communication with an external source;
- wherein the sensory cushioning system of each of the plurality of enhanced wearable mobility articles is configured to transmit an output of the pressure sensor to each of the other of the sensory cushioning systems via the electronic communication provided by the communication module.
A method of making a smart electro-adaptive reactive airbag system, comprising:
- making a plurality of enhanced wearable mobility articles, each comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a rigid frame configured to be secured to a body part of a wearer;
- and
- securing a sensory cushioning system to the rigid frame, the sensory cushioning system configured to interface with the body part of the wearer, comprising:
- an airbag forming an interior volume and a pocket, wherein the interior volume is substantially airtight;
- an internal electronic assembly positioned within the pocket and including a pressure sensor;
- an external electronic assembly positioned exterior to the airbag;
- an interconnect electrically coupling the internal electronic assembly to the external electronic assembly;
- and
- a communication module configured to provide electronic communication with an external source;
- wherein the sensory cushioning system of each of the plurality of enhanced wearable mobility articles is configured to transmit an output of the pressure sensor to each of the other of the sensory cushioning systems via the electronic communication provided by the communication module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.