Garment with integrated protective padding
OwnerAndrew Foley, Vincent Foleyinventors
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Abstract
A garment having a piece of clothing with a plurality of pad segments located proximate a backside of a wearer's body, including at least one joint region, for protecting the wearer by dissipating energy resulting from a sudden impact. The pad segments arranged with respect to the interior radius of the joint region such that an interstitial space located between each adjacent pad segment becomes narrower moving a protruding portion of each adjacent pad segment closer together, and in some instances such that the adjacent protruding portions touch one another, when the joint region moves from an extended position to a flexed position. The garment with energy dissipating pad segments may be used alone or in conjunction with pads that shield energy.
Claims20
A protective garment comprising:
- a piece of clothing having a plurality of pad segments, each of the plurality of pad segments comprising a conformal, energy dissipating polymer composition surrounded by an encasement, each segment of the plurality of pad segments having a protruding portion separated from an adjacent protruding portion by an interstitial space, wherein the plurality of pad segments are positioned at a location on a backside of the clothing proximate a buttocks region of the wearer to diminish the effect of a sudden impact on the wearer of the garment.
A protective garment conforming to a wearer's body contours, the garment comprising:
- a plurality of pad segments comprising a conformal, energy dissipating polymer composition surrounded by an encasement connected directly to at least one piece of clothing, a first portion of the plurality of pad segments located proximate a joint region and a second portion of the plurality of pad segments located proximate a buttocks region, wherein the plurality of pad segments located proximate the joint region are arranged such an interstitial space located between each adjacent pad segment becomes narrower and a protruding portion of each pad segment are closer together when the joint region moves from an extended position to a flexed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.