Shin-guard, helmet, and articles of protective equipment including light cure material
OwnerRobert M. Lydeninventor
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Abstract
The present invention teaches novel articles of apparel and protective equipment including light-cure materials having a permanent memory capability. Accordingly, the present invention can be used to make shin-guards, knee pads, thigh pads, hip pads, rib guards, shoulder pads, elbow pads, biceps pads, forearm pads, gloves, neck guards, face guards, chin straps, wrist guards, helmets and prosthetic devices.
Claims20
A shin-guard for protecting a portion of a wearer's anatomy comprising a superior side, inferior side, medial side, lateral side, anterior side, and posterior side, comprising a bladder containing a textile material impregnated with a light cure material which can be caused to set and cure when exposed to light having a wavelength in the range between 280-780 nanometers.
A shin-guard for protecting a portion of a wearer's anatomy comprising a superior side, inferior side, medial side, lateral side, anterior side, and posterior side, comprising three layers of plastic film affixed together in functional relation thereby forming an anterior bladder and a posterior bladder, said anterior bladder including a textile material impregnated with a light cure material which can be caused to set and cure when exposed to light having a wavelength in the range between 280-780 nanometers, and said posterior bladder including a void comprising a gas.
A method of making a shin-guard having a superior side, inferior side, medial side, lateral side, anterior side, and posterior side, comprising a bladder containing a textile material impregnated with a light cure material which can be caused to set and cure when exposed to light having a wavelength in the range between 280-780 nanometers comprising:
- a) Opening a container which is substantially impenetrable to said light and removing said shin-guard;
- b) Placing said shin-guard in position upon a wearer;
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- c) Exposing said shin-guard to said light causing said light cure material to cure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.