Acoustic shock wave attenuating assembly
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Abstract
An assembly for attenuating shock waves is made of two flexible sheets arranged one over the other and joined by a plurality of seams, the flexible sheets being confined to form cells or recessed when joined together. The seams are arranged so as to surround the cells or recesses in the sheets, and the cells or recesses are filled with a shock attenuating material.
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22 Claims
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13. A shock-attenuating assembly that is sufficiently flexible to wrap around any shaped structure, said assembly comprising, in combination,
(a) a first film of flexible resin material, wherein said first film of flexible resin material is optionally water-impermeable or is optionally coated with a water-impermeable material; -
(b) a second film of flexible resin material, wherein said second film of flexible resin material is optionally water-impermeable or is optionally coated with a water-impermeable material, wherein said second film of flexible resin material has attached pockets spaced from each other along the second film;
(c) the first film attached to the second film via a plurality of seams, wherein the seams surround each of the spaced pockets in such a manner as to make the assembly sufficiently flexible to surround any shaped structure;
(d) each of the pockets filled with a shock wave attenuating material having the flow properties of a liquid. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A flexible shock-attenuating assembly comprising in combination:
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(a) a first strip of a water-impermeable polyamide resin material;
(b) a second strip of a water-impermeable polyamide resin material, said second strip having attached pockets spaced from each other along the second strip;
(c) the first strip attached to the second strip via a plurality of seams, the seams surrounding each of the spaced pockets in such a way as to make the assembly flexible.
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