Apparel – Guard or protector – Body cover
Patent
1983-07-11
1984-04-10
Rimrodt, Louis
Apparel
Guard or protector
Body cover
5434, A41D 1300
Patent
active
044412118
ABSTRACT:
A protective batting jacket is disclosed having a plurality of shock absorbing structures selectively positioned to be adjacent predetermined body locations of the batter to protect the batter from injury caused by a pitched ball. The shock absorbing structure includes a flexible air-tight fabric structure having an internal surface defining a chamber and an external surface adapted to be in fluid communication with the atmosphere outside the shock absorbing structure. The fabric structure includes a plurality of selectively dimensioned and disposed apertures for continuous fluid communication between the chamber and the external surface of the shock absorbing structure. A flexible foam portion having an open-celled structure defining a reservoir to releasably hold air is disposed in the cavity of the fabric structure and bonded, at least, to at least a portion of the interior surface of the fabric structure. In one embodiment, the flexible foam portion includes a multi-layered laminate of at least three open-celled foams of different foam density. The shock absorbing structure further includes shield structure to distribute the applied force across at least a portion of the fabric covered foam laminate. The plurality of shock absorbing structures includes a neck protector pad hingedly connected to the collar region of the jacket, and adapted to protect the neck of the batter.
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Houston Protective Equipment, Inc.
Rimrodt Louis
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