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US 2017/0303622 A1Published application
Laterally supported filaments
AssigneeVICIS, Inc.
InventorsAndre STONE, Anton Perry ALFERNESS, Mike CZERSKI, Jason NEUBAUER, Adam FRANK
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Abstract
A garment worn by a wearer has an impact absorbing material comprising arrays of various hexagonal or other deformable polygonal-shaped structures positioned between an exterior surface and an interior surface. When force is applied to the exterior surface, the structures of the impact absorbing materials deform (e.g., buckle) in a desired manner, reducing the force received by the interior surface.
Claims20
A helmet comprising:
- an inner layer;
- an outer layer spaced apart from the inner layer defining a space;
- an interface layer disposed in the space between the inner layer and the outer layer, the interface layer comprising a plurality of filaments, each of the plurality of filaments comprising a first end proximal to the inner layer and a second end proximal to the outer layer;
- each of the plurality of filaments further comprising a lateral wall extending outwardly therefrom to at least one adjacent filament;
- wherein at least a portion of the plurality of filaments are configured to deform non-linearly in response to an external incident force on the helmet.
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A helmet comprising:
- an inner layer;
- an outer layer spaced apart from the inner layer defining a space;
- an interface layer disposed in the space between the inner layer and the outer layer, the interface layer comprising a plurality of filaments, each of the plurality of filaments comprising a first end proximal to the inner layer and a second end proximal to the outer layer
- each of the plurality of filaments including a first wall and a second wall extending laterally outward therefrom, the first wall extending to a first adjacent filament and the second wall extending to a second adjacent filament, the first and second filaments being laterally spaced apart;
- wherein the filaments are configured to deform non-linearly in response to an external incident force on the helmet.
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A helmet comprising:
- an inner layer;
- an outer layer spaced apart from the inner layer defining a space;
- an interface layer disposed in the space between the inner layer and the outer layer, the interface layer comprising a plurality of filaments, each of the plurality of filaments comprising a first end proximal to the inner layer and a second end proximal to the outer layer, with at least a portion of the plurality of filaments having a lateral wall extending outwardly therefrom;
- each of the plurality of filaments connected to a first face sheet proximate to the inner layer;
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- each of the plurality of filaments connected to an upper ridge located proximal to the second end of the plurality of filaments;
- wherein the filaments are configured to deform non-linearly in response to an external incident force on the helmet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.