Athletic guard including energy absorbing laminate structure

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1998-01-28

1999-09-14

Weisberger, Rich

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Structurally defined web or sheet

Including grain, strips, or filamentary elements in...

428113, 428114, 428408, 428911, B32B 512

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059520787

ABSTRACT:
An athletic guard shaped to fit against a body part is provided for protecting the body part from injury. The athletic guard includes an energy absorbing laminate structure. The laminate structure includes a first array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles. A second array of high performance, unidirectionally-oriented fiber bundles are cross-plied at an angle with respect to the first array of fiber bundles, and laminated to the first array of fiber bundles in the absence of adhesives or bonding agents. First and second polymeric films are bonded to outer surfaces of the laminated first and second arrays of unidirectional fiber bundles without penetration of the films into the fiber bundles or through the laminate from one side to the other. A sufficient amount of film resides between the laminated first and second arrays of unidirectional fiber bundles to adhere the first and second arrays of fiber bundles together to form the laminate structure.

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