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US 2015/0305430 A1Published application
Personal Protective Equipment Liner
OwnerGustavus Alston Rush, Gus A. Rush, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A protective liner for personal protective equipment comprises a foam component and a polymer component. The foam component is embedded in parallel with the polymer component such that the foam component and the polymer component absorb energy in parallel during impact.
Claims24
A protective liner for use in personal protective equipment, comprising:
- a polymer component;
- and
- a foam component embedded in parallel with the polymer component.
An item of personal protective equipment, comprising:
- a shell;
- and
- a protective liner disposed within an interior portion of the shell, the protective liner comprising a foam component embedded in parallel with a polymer component comprising at least one of a thermoplastic or a thermoset.
An item of personal protective equipment, comprising:
- a shell;
- and
- means for absorbing energy generated by an impact to the shell, wherein the means for absorbing the energy is disposed along an interior portion of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.