Protective articles having a plurality of core members
AssigneePinwrest Development Group, LLC
InventorMark D. Dodd
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Abstract
A protective guard for reducing injury to a shin of a person includes a conformable substrate and a plurality of core members disposed adjacent to a surface of the conformable substrate. The plurality of core members are arranged such that a first of the core members is rotationally movable about at least one axis relative to a second of the core members. A flexible fabric membrane comprised of natural or synthetic fibers is positioned adjacent to at least one of the conformable substrate and the plurality of core members.
Claims16
A shin guard for protecting a shin of a person comprising:
- an elastomeric substrate;
- a central core having a plurality of rigid plates disposed on or adjacent to the elastomeric substrate, a first edge of a first one of the plurality of plates being hingedly attached to another plate in the plurality of plates substantially adjacent to the first one of the plurality of plates, wherein each hingedly attached edge of the first one of the plurality of plates joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to an edge of a corresponding other substantially adjacent plate in the plurality of plates;
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- a flexible fabric membrane comprised of natural or synthetic fibers positioned adjacent to at least one of the elastomeric substrate and the central core.
A protective guard for protecting a person comprising:
- a conformable substrate;
- a plurality of rigid core members disposed adjacent to a surface of the conformable substrate, a first edge of a first one of the plurality of members being hingedly attached to another member in the plurality of members substantially adjacent to the first one of the plurality of plates, wherein each hingedly attached edge of the first one of the plurality of members joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to an edge of a corresponding other substantially adjacent member in the plurality of members, and the plurality of rigid core members are arranged such that the first of the core members is rotationally movable about at least one axis relative to other substantially adjacent members in the plurality of members;
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- a flexible fabric membrane comprised of natural or synthetic fibers positioned adjacent to at least one of the conformable substrate and the plurality of core members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.