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US 9,808,702 B2Granted
Athletic protection device
AssigneeRussell Brands, LLC
InventorsTimothy Errol Murphy, Daniel J. Cram
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Abstract
An athletic protector, such as an athletic cup, with regions formed of the same compositional material, which is more rigid in one such region than in another such region.
Claims19
A method of manufacturing an athletic cup molded from a single compositional material comprising:
- a. providing a granulated compositional material;
- b. injecting a first portion of the compositional material into a mold preheated to a frontal region forming temperature under a first pressure and exposing the first portion of the compositional material to the frontal region forming temperature and the first pressure for a first time period;
- c. injecting a second portion of the compositional material into a mold preheated to a resilient comfort edge forming temperature under a second pressure, and exposing the second portion of the compositional material to the resilient comfort edge forming temperature and the second pressure for a second time period;
- d. bringing the mold containing the frontal region into contact with the mold containing the resilient comfort edge;
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- e. joining the frontal region with the resilient comfort edge by exposing the molds to a fusing temperature at a third pressure for a third time period.
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An athletic cup for protecting a male human's genitals from traumatic impact manufactured by a process comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a granulated compositional material;
- b. injecting a first portion of the compositional material into a mold preheated to a frontal region forming temperature under a first pressure and exposing the first portion of the compositional material to the frontal region forming temperature and the first pressure for a first time period;
- c. injecting a second portion of the compositional material into a mold preheated to a resilient comfort edge forming temperature under a second pressure, and exposing the second portion of the compositional material to the resilient comfort edge forming temperature and the second pressure for a second time period;
- d. bringing the mold containing the frontal region into contact with the mold containing the resilient comfort edge;
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- e. joining the frontal region with the resilient comfort edge by exposing the molds to a fusing temperature at a third pressure for a third time period.
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A method of manufacturing an athletic cup molded from a single compositional material comprising:
- a. providing a granulated and foamed ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer;
- b. injecting a first portion of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a density of 70 kg/m3 into a mold preheated to two hundred (200) degrees Celsius under a pressure of eight (8) Pascals of pressure and heating the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer in the mold for two (2) minutes;
- c. injecting a second portion of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer into a mold preheated to three hundred (300) degrees Celsius under a pressure of thirteen (13) Pascals, and heating the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer in the mold for two (2) minutes;
- d. bringing the molds containing the first portion and the second portions of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer into contact;
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- e. joining the first portion and the second portions of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer by exposing the molds to one hundred-seventy five (175) degrees Celsius under a pressure of thirteen (13) Pascal's for four (4) minutes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.