Impact resistant pad
AssigneeMatscitechno Licensing Company
InventorsRobert A. Vito, Michael Foerster
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods thereof for employing impact resistant materials, pads, and layers are disclosed. Aspects of the invention include, an impact resistant material including an elastomer material having a base layer and a plurality of raised portions extending upward from the base layer, wherein each of the plurality of raised portions has a top surface and at least three primary sides. Each of the at least three primary sides having a middle region positioned closer to a center of the respective raised portion than either end region of the respective primary side.
Claims14
An impact resistant material comprising:
- an elastomer material, the elastomer material having a base layer and a plurality of raised portions extending upward from the base layer,
- wherein each of the plurality of raised portions has a top surface, three primary sides, and three secondary sides, each of the at least three primary sides having a middle region positioned closer to a center of the respective raised portion than either end of the respective primary side, each of the three secondary sides having a middle region that is positioned farther from the center of the respective raised portion than either end of the respective secondary side,
- wherein each of the three primary sides has a continuous curvature from one of the ends of the respective primary side to the other end of the respective primary side,
- wherein each of the three secondary sides has a continuous curvature from one of the ends of the respective secondary side to the other end of the respective secondary side, and
- wherein the plurality of raised portions are positioned so that each of the three primary sides of one of the plurality of raised portions faces and is aligned with a respective secondary side of another one of the plurality of raised portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.