Patent ID: 9622661
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A42B,A61B,A63B

Claim:
1. A real-time impact monitoring system for use with multiple players engaged in a sporting activity, each player wearing a protective helmet, the system comprising: a first helmet worn by a first player, said helmet having an external shell, an internal padding assembly and an interface liner removably positioned within the internal padding assembly, the interface liner configured to be in contact with the first player's head while the helmet is worn, the interface liner including a sensing and control unit having a plurality of sensors arrayed within the interface liner that detect helmet impact data, a processor that compares the helmet impact data against pre-loaded impact profiles, and a transmitter to transmit impact data; a second helmet worn by a second player, said helmet having an external shell, an internal padding assembly and an interface liner removably positioned within the internal padding assembly, the interface liner configured to be in contact with the second player's head while the helmet is worn, the interface liner including a sensing and control unit having a plurality of sensors arrayed within the interface liner that detect helmet impact data, a processor that compares the helmet impact data against pre-loaded impact profiles, and a transmitter to transmit impact data; and, a remote unit operably connected to the plurality of sensing and control units, the remote unit having a receiver configured to receive the impact data transmitted from the each of the first and second sensing and control units.