Sports pad
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1. A sports pad for protecting particular areas of a user'"'"'s body from blunt trauma or similar injury, comprising:
- a substantially rigid plate having a lower face and an upper side surface, said plate being formed to fit the curvature of a body surface to be protected;
an outer panel including a first flexible cellular honeycomb core affixed to said upper side surface; and
an inner panel including a second flexible cellular honeycomb core secured to said lower face and adapted to engage a user'"'"'s body, the cell walls of said second core being apertured to allow fluid flow through said cells.
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Abstract
An improved sports pad for protecting a particular area of a user'"'"'s body and including a relatively rigid, lightweight plate molded to conform to the protected body area, an outer layer of resilient thermoplastic honeycomb padding affixed to the outer surface of the plate, and an inner layer of resilient thermoplastic honeycomb padding affixed to the inner surface of the plate. The outer layer is preferably of a closed-cell configuration while the inner layer is of an open-celled configuration perforated to allow the flow of air from cell to cell.
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1. A sports pad for protecting particular areas of a user'"'"'s body from blunt trauma or similar injury, comprising:
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a substantially rigid plate having a lower face and an upper side surface, said plate being formed to fit the curvature of a body surface to be protected; an outer panel including a first flexible cellular honeycomb core affixed to said upper side surface; and an inner panel including a second flexible cellular honeycomb core secured to said lower face and adapted to engage a user'"'"'s body, the cell walls of said second core being apertured to allow fluid flow through said cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A sports pad for protecting a particular body part of a user, comprising:
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a rigid plate deformed to correspond to the contour of a particular body part to be protected; a first resilient energy-absorbing panel affixed to one side surface of said plate, said first panel including a honeycomb core; and a second resilient energy-absorbing panel having a first side affixed to a side surface of said plate opposite said one side surface, and a second side adapted to engage said particular body part, said second panel including a honeycomb core having cells extending between said first and second sides, said cells being closed at said first side and open at said second side. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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