Garment with integrated protective padding

摘要

A garment having a piece of clothing with a plurality of pad segments located proximate a backside of a wearer's body, including at least one joint region, for protecting the wearer by dissipating energy resulting from a sudden impact. The pad segments arranged with respect to the interior radius of the joint region such that an interstitial space located between each adjacent pad segment becomes narrower moving a protruding portion of each adjacent pad segment closer together, and in some instances such that the adjacent protruding portions touch one another, when the joint region moves from an extended position to a flexed position. The garment with energy dissipating pad segments may be used alone or in conjunction with pads that shield energy.

主权项

1. A protective garment comprising:
a piece of clothing having a plurality of pad segments, each of the plurality of pad segments comprising a conformal, energy dissipating polymer composition surrounded by an encasement, each segment of the plurality of pad segments having a protruding portion separated from an adjacent protruding portion by an interstitial space, the plurality of pad segments positioned at a location of the clothing proximate a joint region, wherein the plurality of pad segments located proximate the joint region are arranged such that the protruding portions of adjacent pad segments are spaced apart when the joint region is in an extended position, and wherein the protruding portions of adjacent pad segments contact each other when the joint region is in a flexed position, and wherein the plurality of pad segments are further positioned proximate at least one bodily region chosen from a tailbone, a forearm, a knee, a shoulder, a hip, and a lower back.