BODY IMPACT BRACING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A body impact bracing apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a vest/torso bracing framework component, including a torso jacket, a multiplicity of at least tubular bracing members together with their clench-switch devices, bracing modules WCRModule-1 and WCRModule-2 for correspondence of onset-of-impact bracing signals between said framework component, on one part, and a collar/shoulder bracing component, on the other,(b) the collar/shoulder bracing component for a protective helmet, including;
1. a neck stabilizing and spanning device for said onset-of-impact bracing signals between the helmet and the vest/torso bracing framework component, said device consisting of at least friction and anchoring/controlling rods for means of immobilizing tandem movement between said protective helmet of the collar/shoulder bracing component and the vest/torso bracing framework component,2. a harnessing and position sensing device for detection of movements between the helmet and the vest/torso bracing framework component,3. a clamping device for securitization of said helmet onto the harnessing and position sensing device,4. multiple said clench-switch devices for said onset-of-impact bracing signals correspondence between said collar/shoulder bracing component and said vest/torso bracing framework component,5. a buttressing device for supporting the weight of said helmet on the head of a wearer of the apparatus,6. a lateral movement/flex damper device for damping any counter-movement of the head of the wearer against any side of interior wall surface of the protective helmet;
7. at least one switching device for detecting multi-angular impressions, such device being contiguous with said damper device and said protective helmet;
(c) at least one signal transmission means for correspondence of said onset-of-impact bracing signals for cessation of movement arising from one or more exterior impacts against said protective helmet, against the collar/shoulder bracing component, and against said vest/torso bracing framework component;
(d) protective means for the head, neck and torso/spinal cord segments of the wearer of the apparatus, said segments being biologically predisposed as integrated and unified segments harboring the entirety of the central nervous system of the human body;
accordingly, said collar/shoulder bracing component and said vest/torso bracing framework component of the apparatus are predisposed for inter-dependent bracing signals, and so constituting a mutually unified means of the apparatus for encompassing, thereby protecting, said integrated segments from injurious impacts, thus neither said collar/shoulder bracing component nor said vest/torso bracing framework component being exclusive to itself with respect to its own, independent, sending said onset-of-impact bracing signals or to its receipt of said signals;
both said components interactively, and necessarily, correspond, providing means for mutual bracing protection as a dual-component unit, alternating said onset-of-impact bracing signals when required.
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Abstract
A body impact bracing apparatus is introduced for hockey, American football, rugby, hazardous motor-cycle/vehicle racecourse, big-truck arena sports, and even rodeo bull riding, whereby protective helmets are expected to provide adequate safeguards against high-impact injuries. The default vulnerability in such impacts is the lack of securitization of one'"'"'s neck, regarding tandem movements between head and torso. New technology now protects against these injuries to both by rendering the helmet effectively immobile with respect to head and torso at split-second instance of impact either to protective helmet, shoulder harness, or to the torso. It presumes optimal protections based upon safeguarding the segmented integrity of the CNS: head, neck, and torso/spinal cord. Using electronics and laws of motion: inertia and counterpoise body weight, this technology absorbs impacting forces against the body, “distributing” them, and so attenuating and softening their overall effect. It'"'"'s a three-segment protective apparatus for a three-segment central nervous system.
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12 Claims
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1. A body impact bracing apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a vest/torso bracing framework component, including a torso jacket, a multiplicity of at least tubular bracing members together with their clench-switch devices, bracing modules WCRModule-1 and WCRModule-2 for correspondence of onset-of-impact bracing signals between said framework component, on one part, and a collar/shoulder bracing component, on the other, (b) the collar/shoulder bracing component for a protective helmet, including; 1. a neck stabilizing and spanning device for said onset-of-impact bracing signals between the helmet and the vest/torso bracing framework component, said device consisting of at least friction and anchoring/controlling rods for means of immobilizing tandem movement between said protective helmet of the collar/shoulder bracing component and the vest/torso bracing framework component, 2. a harnessing and position sensing device for detection of movements between the helmet and the vest/torso bracing framework component, 3. a clamping device for securitization of said helmet onto the harnessing and position sensing device, 4. multiple said clench-switch devices for said onset-of-impact bracing signals correspondence between said collar/shoulder bracing component and said vest/torso bracing framework component, 5. a buttressing device for supporting the weight of said helmet on the head of a wearer of the apparatus, 6. a lateral movement/flex damper device for damping any counter-movement of the head of the wearer against any side of interior wall surface of the protective helmet; 7. at least one switching device for detecting multi-angular impressions, such device being contiguous with said damper device and said protective helmet; (c) at least one signal transmission means for correspondence of said onset-of-impact bracing signals for cessation of movement arising from one or more exterior impacts against said protective helmet, against the collar/shoulder bracing component, and against said vest/torso bracing framework component; (d) protective means for the head, neck and torso/spinal cord segments of the wearer of the apparatus, said segments being biologically predisposed as integrated and unified segments harboring the entirety of the central nervous system of the human body;
accordingly, said collar/shoulder bracing component and said vest/torso bracing framework component of the apparatus are predisposed for inter-dependent bracing signals, and so constituting a mutually unified means of the apparatus for encompassing, thereby protecting, said integrated segments from injurious impacts, thus neither said collar/shoulder bracing component nor said vest/torso bracing framework component being exclusive to itself with respect to its own, independent, sending said onset-of-impact bracing signals or to its receipt of said signals;
both said components interactively, and necessarily, correspond, providing means for mutual bracing protection as a dual-component unit, alternating said onset-of-impact bracing signals when required. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of using a body impact bracing apparatus, comprising the steps:
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a. securely donning a collar/shoulder bracing component for a protective helmet for means of bracing protection against possible external impact injuries to the head, neck, or torso of a wearer of the body impact bracing apparatus, said collar/shoulder bracing component includes; 1. a neck stabilizing and spanning device for bracing between the helmet and a vest/torso bracing framework component, 2. a harnessing and position sensing device for the helmet, 3. a clamping device for securitization of said helmet onto the head of a wearer of the harnessing and position sensing device, 4. a buttressing device for supporting the weight of said helmet on the head of the wearer of the apparatus, 5. a lateral movement/flex damper device for damping any counter movement of the head of the wearer against any side of interior wall surface of the protective helmet, 6. a shoulder guard harness with its respective means for onset-of-impact bracing signals to both the protective helmet and to the vest/torso bracing framework component, said shoulder guard harness being further stabilized by tubing which, itself, is structurally supported by a strapping facility being secured by a strapping means at the waist of the wearer; b. securely donning and strapping into place the vest/torso bracing framework component for means of protection against said possible external impacts to the head, neck, and torso of the wearer of the apparatus, said apparatus providing protective means such that said collar/shoulder bracing component and said vest/torso bracing framework component are predisposed for inter-dependent bracing thus constituting a mutually dependent means of the apparatus for enclosing, thus protecting, the central nervous system of the human body, head, neck, and torso/spinal cord, from injurious impacts, said system extending from the head to below the torso waist;
accordingly, neither of said collar/shoulder bracing component nor of the vest/torso bracing framework component, being exclusive with respect to the onset-of-impact bracing signals arising from either component, so necessarily providing inter-reactive means for mutual bracing protection as a two-component apparatus means for operating in unison for total protection of head, neck and torso/spinal cord members;c. then said wearer, being so protected, exposing the apparatus, being thus worn, to known, but unpredictable and potentially injurious occasions of aggressive forces from said external impacts, said apparatus employing at least one signal transmission means for inter-reactive correspondences of onset-of-impact bracing signals for cessation of movement arising from said external impacts against said protective helmet of the collar/shoulder bracing component and against said vest/torso bracing framework component of the apparatus; - View Dependent Claims (12)
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