Body Protection

摘要

A body protection assembly is disclosed for protecting a human body from injury due to an impact. An internal planar structure (102) defines the shape of the apparatus and an outer layer of a flexible sheet material (105) has a shape defined by the internal planar structure. The internal planar structure is constructed from a plurality of cells such that, in response to an impact, the cells at the position of an impact region deform to absorb kinetic energy. Furthermore, the outer layer of flexible sheet material extends the size of the impact region so as to increase the number of cells that absorb this kinetic energy.

主权项

1. A body protection apparatus for absorbing the energy of an impact, comprising:
an internal planar structure constructed from a plurality of open cells configured to deform under load; and an outer layer of a flexible sheet material arranged to overlie a surface of the internal planar structure, wherein: the outer layer of flexible material is held in place relative to the internal planar structure such that the outer layer of flexible material increases the area of energy absorption under impact.