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Portable, reusable, and rapidly deployable protective cover

  • US 10,609,970 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2019
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rapidly deployable protective cover configured to be worn over a portion of a user'"'"'s body to protect from liquid or solid spills, the cover comprising:

  • an upper member;

    a lower member materially coupled to the upper member;

    first and second side members materially coupled to and extending from opposing sides of at least one of the upper member and the lower member; and

    at least one bi-stable member configured to transition the cover between a compact state and an expanded state,wherein the at least one bi-stable member is coupled to at least one of the upper member, the lower member, and the first and second side members and wherein the at least one bi-stable member comprises at least two stable configurations and is elastically deformable between the first and second stable configurations, andwherein, when in the first stable configuration, the bi-stable member has a compact shape and thereby results in the cover having a compact state and wherein the compact shape is a rolled configuration such that at least one of the upper member, the lower member, and the first and second side members coupled to the bi-stable member has a corresponding rolled configuration.

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