Patent ID: 9232825
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A41D

Claim Text:
1. A wearable protection device comprising a plurality of plate members adjacent in a side-by-side configuration so as to define a protection front surface, or side, adapted to face an impact, wherein pairs of said plate members at least partially overlap each other along a longitudinal direction by means of superposition of a portion of a first plate member of said plate members on a front surface of a corresponding portion of a second plate member adjacent in the side-by-side configuration, so as to define a zone of surface discontinuity between adjacent plate members on the front surface of said second plate member, said device comprising a plurality of pads each of said pads being associated with one of said plate members on an opposite side with respect to said protection front surface, and wherein a first pad associated with the first plate member is structurally separate from a second pad associated with the second plate member so as to define a surface discontinuity or boundary zone between adjacent first pad associated with the first plate member and second pad associated with the second plate member, wherein said surface discontinuity or boundary zone between adjacent first and second pads is offset along said longitudinal direction with respect to the zone of surface discontinuity between adjacent plate members.