APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

摘要

In the field of protective equipment, a method can be provided for design and manufacture of protective equipment that allows for a degree of customization to provide enhanced performance characteristics without incurring high cost. In some examples, the method includes a method of determining a mold for a body part including the steps of inputting body part information, searching a database of existing anatomical components and selecting components that most closely match the information, searching a database of body part models and selecting at least one body part model that closely corresponds to the selected components, creating a body part model from the selected components, comparing the two models and determining which model is most appropriate and using a mold associated with that model.

主权项

1. A method of determining a mold for a body part, the method comprising:
obtaining information describing dimensions of a body part; using the information, searching a database of anatomical components and selecting components that in combination conform to the dimensions; searching a database of body part models and determining a database body part model that most closely corresponds to the selected components; creating a new model corresponding to the selected components; comparing the database body part model and the new model and determining a value representative of the difference between the two models; and creating a new mold based on the new model when the value is greater than a threshold and using a mold associated with the database body part model when the difference is less than the threshold.