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Hip inflatable protection device

  • US 5,500,952 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1994
  • Issued: 03/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A protective system worn outside clothing for preventing injuries to the user as a result of falls, the system comprising:

  • an elongated inflatable airbag assembly having upper and lower parts folded into pleats and adapted to cover the hips, pelvis, buttocks, and coccyx areas of the user'"'"'s body when in an inflated state;

    a belt for supporting said airbag assembly around the waist of a user, said belt defining a cavity and said airbag assembly being substantially within said cavity when in an uninflated state;

    a sensor for detecting acceleration and a sensor for detecting angular movement, said sensors for producing a signal indicative of a predetermined combination of acceleration and angular movement, the predetermined combination corresponding to a fall; and

    a gas source adapted to release gas into said airbag assembly in response to said signal.

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