| 摘要 |
A hip protection device for the elderly which provides protection to the trochanter region of the wearer to prevent fracture thereto upon falling from a standing position. An undergarment (22) is provided with at least one pocket (24) enclosing a pad (26), or other alternative arrangements for securing the pads (26) to the hip regions of the garment. Each protective pad (26) defines an open-ended channel having an elongated major axis along which it is substantially linear and a minor axis which has a generally parabolic curvature. The undergarment (22) and the pad (26) are configured such that the pads (26) wrap around and fit snugly against the trochanteric area of the wearer's hip. Each pad (26) has a relatively rigid thin shell (32) on its convex side and a relatively thin layer of resilient impact absorbing material (34) on its concave side. Upon the wearer falling from a standing position onto their hip area, the impact force is distributed generally uniformly across the surface area of the rigid shield (32) and then to the resilient impact absorbing material (34), which has sufficient resilience and thickness that is greater than ninety percent of the absorbed impact force. In one embodiment for incontinent persons, a diaper is detachably engageable with the undergarment.
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