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US 2017/0280812 A1Published application
Multi-chamber impact absorption system to protect individual
OwnerThomas D. Stoneinventor
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Abstract
A helmet includes interconnected flexing panels and a multi-chamber impact absorption system comprising a bladder including a plurality of adjacent compressible fluid filled chambers.
Claims2
A helmet comprising
- (a) a plurality of panel members each shaped and dimensioned to flex inwardly when an external force is applied to the panel;
- (b) a plurality of seams interconnecting said panel members;
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- (c) at least one sealed, resilient, sealed impact dampening apparatus mounted inside the helmet on at least one of said panel members, said dampening apparatus including a plurality of internal gas-filled chambers separated by at least one internal perforated resilient wall to permit the travel of gas therebetween such that the impact resistance produced by one of said chambers differs from the impact resistance produced by another one of said chambers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.