Shock absorbing boot and cushioning material
DCFirst Claim
1. A cushion pad, comprising a plurality of fluid containing resilient cells or compartments as a dispersion array formed in a material;
- tube means for allowing fluid flow between cells or compartments in said dispersion array of cells, where each dispersion array comprises two or more cells with a first cell, wherein, for said first cell in each said dispersion array, at least one proximal cell is provided, with such proximal cell being a cell that is closer to the first cell than any other cell, and for each first cell at least one distal cell exists in each said dispersion array, a distal cell being any cell that is not a proximal cell; and
the first cell in each dispersion array is connected by tube means to at least one distal cell.
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Abstract
A cushion pad arrangement for protecting a person'"'"'s extremity from compressive and side to side rubbing stresses, as particularly occur at a person'"'"'s shin, ankle and foot as a result of wearing a boot during use, such as a ski boot during skiing. The cushion pads are formed as a sandwich of serially and parallel connected cells arranged between top and bottom layers, which cells and connecting tubes are formed of a somewhat resilient material, and are selectively filled with air, liquid or gel, depending upon the anticipated forces the pad is intended to cushion, the cushion pads to provide an increasing force dispersion with increasing pressures.
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1. A cushion pad, comprising a plurality of fluid containing resilient cells or compartments as a dispersion array formed in a material;
- tube means for allowing fluid flow between cells or compartments in said dispersion array of cells, where each dispersion array comprises two or more cells with a first cell, wherein, for said first cell in each said dispersion array, at least one proximal cell is provided, with such proximal cell being a cell that is closer to the first cell than any other cell, and for each first cell at least one distal cell exists in each said dispersion array, a distal cell being any cell that is not a proximal cell; and
the first cell in each dispersion array is connected by tube means to at least one distal cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- tube means for allowing fluid flow between cells or compartments in said dispersion array of cells, where each dispersion array comprises two or more cells with a first cell, wherein, for said first cell in each said dispersion array, at least one proximal cell is provided, with such proximal cell being a cell that is closer to the first cell than any other cell, and for each first cell at least one distal cell exists in each said dispersion array, a distal cell being any cell that is not a proximal cell; and
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24. A protective food and shin cushion device comprising, a sock or bootie for wear over a person'"'"'s foot and extending to cover their shin area;
- a cushion pad means for arrangement between said sock or bootie and a boot worn on that foot having a plurality of equally spaced cells or compartments that taper from a greater to lesser height from the edge of a shock zone or area to be covered to the surface of the sock or bootie; and
means for attaching said cushion pad means to said sock or bootie. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- a cushion pad means for arrangement between said sock or bootie and a boot worn on that foot having a plurality of equally spaced cells or compartments that taper from a greater to lesser height from the edge of a shock zone or area to be covered to the surface of the sock or bootie; and
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