Patent ID: 9370208
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A41D,A63B

Claim Text:
1. A protective apparatus comprising: an impact shell having an anterior surface, an opposite posterior surface, a medial edge, an opposite lateral edge, a superior edge, and an opposite inferior edge; the impact shell further comprising an integrally formed structural lattice protruding from the impact shell posterior surface forming a protrusion surface; the lattice including one or more ribs, at least one of the ribs including a medial-edge portion and a middle portion, wherein the medial-edge portion is closer to the medial edge than the middle portion, the medial-edge portion having a first rib height and the middle portion having a second rib height, the first rib height being shorter than the second rib height; and an impact attenuating structure covering at least a portion of the posterior surface of the impact shell and the protrusion surface of the lattice, such that the integrally formed structural lattice is layered between the impact attenuating structure and the impact shell, the impact attenuating structure affixed to the impact shell at least proximate the medial edge and the lateral edge.