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US 9,193,890 B2Granted
Impact resistant, torsion-reducing protective athletic gear using shear thickening fluid
AssigneePresidium Athletics LLC
InventorsShawn Edan Holt, Michael Paul Perez
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Abstract
An athletic tape or protective athletic sleeve is formed from an impregnated fabric substrate that is sealed on both sides. The impregnated fabric includes a shear thickening fluid that is made up of a suspension solution and solid particles. The shear thickening fluid is sealed within the fabric through use of sealing layers on both sides of the fabric.
Claims19
An athletic tape comprising:
- an impregnated fabric substrate, an adhesive layer coated onto one side of the fabric substrate, and a sealing layer coated onto the opposite side of the fabric substrate from the adhesive layer;
- wherein the fabric substrate is impregnated with a shear thickening fluid, the shear thickening fluid comprising a suspension solution with solid particles suspended therein, and further comprising a pigment therein.
A protective athletic sleeve comprising:
- an impregnated, elastic, knitted fabric substrate that is coated on both sides of the substrate with a sealing layer;
- wherein the knitted fabric substrate is impregnated with a shear thickening fluid, the shear thickening fluid comprising a suspension solution with solid particles suspended therein, and further comprising a pigment therein.
An athletic tape comprising:
- an impregnated fabric substrate, an adhesive layer coated onto one side of the fabric substrate, and a sealing layer coated onto the opposite side of the fabric substrate from the adhesive layer, and wherein the sealing layer comprises a pigment;
- wherein the fabric substrate is impregnated with a shear thickening fluid, the shear thickening fluid comprising a suspension solution with solid particles suspended therein.
A tape comprising:
- an impregnated fabric substrate, an adhesive layer coated onto one side of the fabric substrate, and a sealing layer coated onto the opposite side of the fabric substrate from the adhesive layer;
- wherein the fabric substrate is impregnated with a shear thickening fluid, the shear thickening fluid comprising a suspension solution with solid particles suspended therein further comprising pigment therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.