Protective clothing or lining
OwnerNikolaus Lolisinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to protective clothing or lining for protection against the effects of impacts, blows, gunshots or the like, comprising an inner side facing the person wearing it and an outer side facing away from the object, wherein the outer side consists of at least one layer of a non-tear material while the inner side consists of an elastic, self-supporting, repetitive geometrical structure. The structure is covered on the top by the layer of non-tear material and is open at the bottom, the structure forming a continuous system of air chambers which are closed from one another by walls.
Claims18
1-15. (canceled)
A protective device, comprising:
- a protective construction having a first inner side and an opposing second outer side;
- said first inner side facing proximate a surface to be protected;
- said first inner side being at least a substantially elastic, self-supporting, and repetitive geometrical structure forming a plurality of air chambers closed from one another by respective pluralities of walls;
- and
- said opposing outer side further comprising:
- at least a third layer being at least a substantially non-tear material on an inner portion;
- whereby said protective construction enables an elastic absorption of kinetic energy applied against said outer side and a protection of said surface to be protected.
A protective article, comprising:
- a structure having an inner side member facing an object to be protected;
- and
- an outer side member of a non-tear material facing away from said object, said inner side member being a substantially elastic self supporting, repetitive geometrical member forming a plurality of air chambers closed from one another by walls, at least portions of bottoms of said air chambers being open to enable air to outflow said air chambers responsive to an energy impact against said outer side and thereby absorbing said energy for protecting the object from an effect of said energy.
A protective article wherein protective construction including:
- at least an inside layer proximate an object requiring protection, and an outer side layer positioned distal said object;
- said outer side layer including means for resisting damage under energetic impact from an external source;
- said inside layer including means for absorbing and distributing kinetic energy transferred from said outer side layer;
- and
- said means for absorbing and distributing kinetic energy including a plurality of partially bounded air chambers and means for enabling a release of said air from said partially bounded chamber upon said energetic impact thereby absorbing portions of said kinetic energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.