Athletic padding
AssigneeRubatex Corporation
InventorKarl E. Balliet
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Abstract
A shock absorbing pad is formed of first and second interleaved constituent components of different hardness which are interleaved through the thickness of the pad for absorbing forces applied in the direction of the pad thickness. The pads are formed by die cutting interim pads from mats of the first and second materials with the pads comprising constituent components that are separable. The constituent components are separated and respectively associated with different constituent components formed of the other material to provide the desired pad formed of the two interleaved different materials.
Claims15
A method of forming composite shock absorbing padding of first and second materials having different hardness, said method comprising the steps of
- die cutting mats of said first and second materials by the use of identical dies or a single die to provide (interim) transient pads formed of a single material and comprising first and second mating constituent components;
- disassembling the interim pad components;
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- associating each constituent component formed from the first material with a mating constituent component of the second material to provide a composite pad formed of interleaved harder and softer materials.
A shock absorbing pad formed of first and second constituent components respectively comprising materials of different hardness and each including a plurality of parallel elements extending from a common base element of each constituent component wherein said elements of each of the different constituent components are interleaved with the elements of the other constituent component.
A relatively flat shock absorbing pad having thickness, length, and breadth dimensions with the thickness dimension being substantially less than the other dimensions comprising first and second interleaved constituent components formed of materials of different hardness with both constituent components extending through the entire thickness of said pad for absorbing forces applied to the pad in the direction of the pad thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.