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Shoulder Pads and Foam Material for Body Protection

a foam material and shoulder pad technology, applied in the field of shoulder pads, can solve the problems of limiting the mobility of athletes, not addressing, and bulky pads

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-01-05
RUSSELL BRANDS
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Benefits of technology

This configuration enhances protection by allowing the foam pellets to deform and distribute impact forces more effectively, providing increased ventilation and flexibility for the wearer during athletic activities.

Problems solved by technology

Such pads are bulky and limit an athlete's mobility.
While this in theory may in some cases accommodate an athlete's mobility, it does not address the manner in which the padding absorbs, disperses, or deflects forces, which typically are passed in a substantially straight line vector through the pad to the underlying area intended for protection.
However, such pads suffer from a higher-than-desired profile and can impair a wearer from being able to comfortably turn his neck or easily raise his arms.

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[0025]First disclosed herein is a padding configuration that may be used in shoulder pads and other wearable equipment. While traditional padding configurations employ panels or sheets of foam or other padding material exhibiting substantial uniformity across their surface area, the inventors direct attention to constituent areas or sizes of the padding material.

[0026]Turning to the drawings, an exemplary embodiment of a foam pellet 5 is shown in FIGS. 1A-1C. Pellet is used to describe any mass that may be variously described as a ball, nugget, segment, peanut, globe, lump, spheroid, ovoid, ellipsoid, lentoid, polyhedron, of any flexibility, consistency, or hardness and having at least some of the characteristics further described in this disclosure. FIG. 1A depicts a cross-section of a foam pellet 5, while FIG. 1B depicts a top plan view of the same pellet 5. For sake of discussion, pellet 5 is shown with a height 1 and a width 2, though it will be understood that “height” and “wid...

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Abstract

A protective foam material and pads are disclosed herein. The material is a rounded foam pellet having a hole through the center of the pellet. The pellets may be arranged and interconnected to form a pad. These pads may be applied to persons, animals, or other objects for protective functions.

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[0001]This application is a divisional application of and claims the benefit of filing of application Ser. No. 13 / 835,079, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, and which is currently pending.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to protective equipment for absorbing, dispersing, or deflecting impact shock. The invention has particular application to athletic padding or protective equipment.BACKGROUND ART[0003]Foam pads have long been used for various types of personal protection equipment in athletics, such as shoulder pads, knee and thigh pads, elbow pads, athletic supporters, and helmets. Foam pads are commonly constructed of large, uniformly thick foam sheets to cover a particular region. Such pads are bulky and limit an athlete's mobility. These pads also do little to disperse the energy absorbed from an impact. While the foam pad absorbed some energy and force, what is not absorbed passes through the foam in the same direction as the direction of impact. Stated differe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D13/015A41D13/05A63B71/12
CPCA41D13/015A63B71/12A41D2600/10A41D2500/50A41D13/0512A41D31/28A41D31/285A41B1/00A41D13/05A63B2209/02
Inventor MARQUEZ, DANAWILLIAMS, GREGKESTERSON, STEVEN WAYNELUNSFORD, KEVIN
Owner RUSSELL BRANDS