Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Nonplanar uniform thickness material
Patent
1994-04-21
1996-05-21
Turner, Archene
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Nonplanar uniform thickness material
428 72, 428166, 428180, 4283044, B32B 330
Patent
active
055188028
ABSTRACT:
A cushioning structure for dampening shocks useful as a packing material to protect shipments of goods and as a protective shield or garment to prevent injury from falls or increase comfort such as in shoes, furniture, carpet, automobile components etc. including one or more planar sheets of pliable material bonded to a matrix of polygon shape cells containing a fluid such as air or other gas. In one aspect the cells are in fluid communication with each other to provide a valved fluid transfer from one cell to the next. In another aspect, the material is a resilient material formed as a grid like matrix of shaped indentures.
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Colvin David P.
Potter Craig S.
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