Patent ID: 9532613
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. A protective garment comprising: a piece of clothing having a plurality of pad segments, each of the plurality of pad segments comprising a conformal, energy dissipating polymer composition surrounded by an encasement, each segment of the plurality of pad segments having a protruding portion separated from an adjacent protruding portion by an interstitial space, the plurality of pad segments positioned at a location of the clothing proximate a joint region, wherein the plurality of pad segments located proximate the joint region are arranged such that the protruding portions of adjacent pad segments are spaced apart when the joint region is in an extended position, and wherein the protruding portions of adjacent pad segments contact each other when the joint region is in a flexed position, and wherein the plurality of pad segments are further positioned proximate at least one bodily region chosen from a tailbone, a forearm, a knee, a shoulder, a hip, and a lower back.