Thermoplastic personal protection equipment
AssigneeVirtus Corporation
InventorsMathieu Patrick RAT, Thibault Francois NIEDDU
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Abstract
An item of personal protective equipment (10) intended to protect a limb of an individual includes a main plate (12) of thermoplastic polymer material having two opposing faces, respectively an outer and an inner face, a first outer layer (18) placed next to the outer face of the main plate (12), and an inner shock-absorbing layer (20) arranged on the side of the inner face of the main plate (12). The first outer layer (18) is made of a textile material and is inlaid in the outer face of the main plate (12) so as to create, in the outer face, an impression of the textile material.
Claims19
Personal protective equipment (10) intended to protect a limb of an individual, comprising:
- a main plate (12) of thermoplastic polymer material having two opposing faces, respectively an outer (16) and an inner (14) face;
- a first outer layer (18) placed next to the outer face (16) of the main plate (12);
- an inner shock-absorbing layer (20) arranged on the side of the inner face (14) of the main plate (12);
- characterized in that:
- the first outer layer (18) consists of a textile material and is inlaid in the outer face (16) of the main plate (12) so as to create, in the outer face (16), an impression of the textile material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.