Patent ID: 9649548
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A41D,A63B

Claim:
1. A user wearable article of protective equipment for protecting a portion of a body of the user, the article of protective equipment comprising: an energy absorbent core having a body-facing side and an opposing non-body-facing side, the core including at least one reinforcement rib on the body-facing side thereof, the at least one reinforcement rib defining a perimeter; an outer shell generally covering the non-body-facing side of the core, the outer shell being deformable during the use of the article of protective equipment by the user; and an inner liner comprising deformable foam and generally covering the body-facing side of the core, the inner liner connected to the outer shell, the inner liner abuttable against the at least one reinforcement rib so as to be spaced from the body-facing side of the core around the perimeter defined by the at least one reinforcement rib.