Body-contact protective interface structure and method
OwnerMichael R. Dennis, Michael W. Tucker +1inventors
InventorsMichael R. Dennis, Michael W. Tucker, Gerhard Paasche
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Abstract
A plural-layer body-contacting protective and cushioning interface structure. This structure has a body-facing side which contacts the body, and an opposite side, and intermediate these sides, in one form of the structure, is a moisture-wicking layer, next a moisture-blocking, gas-permeable barrier layer adjacent the moisture-wicking layer, and next, an acceleration-rate-sensitive cushioning layer. In some applications, the moisture-wicking layer is omitted.
Claims4
A layered, body-contacting, cushioning interface structure having a body-facing side and a load-facing side, said interface structure, progressing thereinto from a location which is adjacent its said body-facing side, and toward its said load-facing side, comprising
- a moisture-wicking layer,
- a fully moisture-proof, non-perforated but gas-permeable barrier layer which blocks completely any flow of moisture through the barrier layer, and
- a viscoelastic cushioning structure.
A body-contacting cushioning interface structure comprising
- a moisture-impervious, gas-permeable, deformable container, and
- an acceleration-rate-sensitive, deformable, cushioning core disposed within said container.
A layered body-contacting protective structure having a body-facing side and an opposite site, said structure, progressing thereto from a location which is adjacent its said body-facing side, and toward its said opposite side, comprising,
- a fully moisture-proof, non-perforated but gas-permeable barrier layer which blocks completely any flow of moisture through the barrier layer, and
- an acceleration-rate-sensitive layer disposed adjacent said barrier layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.