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US 7,917,972 B1Granted
Inflatable air recoil suppressor
AssigneeBody Armour Technology, LLC
InventorWesley W. O. Krueger
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Abstract
An inflatable and adjustable shock absorption system including a shock absorption unit with interacting, force-dispersing dimple arrays and an intervening, reversibly inflatable air bladder.
Claims23
A shock absorption system, comprising:
- a shell member constructed of a substantially flexible and resilient material, said shell member having first and second, substantially oppositely oriented, shock absorption faces, said first and second shock absorption faces being supported by an intervening margin structure which, with said first and second shock absorption faces, collectively define an interior shell member space, each of said shock absorption faces having an inwardly projecting dimple, said dimple on said first shock absorption face and said dimple on said second shock absorption face being respectively, relatively positioned and oriented whereby their respective, inwardly projecting apices are substantially aligned and oriented whereby, when a force is imparted to said first shock absorption face sufficient to depress said first shock absorption face and move its respective dimple toward the opposing said dimple of said second shock absorption face, across said interior shell member space, respective said apices come into closer juxtaposition, or into contact, depending on the magnitude of such force.
A recoil suppressing device comprising:
- a shell having a first surface and a second surface, said first and second surfaces defining a plurality of depressions, each of said depressions of said first surface is oriented substantially opposite a corresponding depression of said second surface, whereby the oppositely oriented depressions come into contact upon application of a force to said shell;
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- a chamber disposed between said first and second surfaces, said chamber configured to accommodate a fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.