Patent ID: 8370968
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A cervical spine protection device comprising: a lower portion engaged with a user's shoulders, the lower portion having an opening at a forward facing side of a user's body; an upper portion designed for engagement with a user's head protection device when an axial force is applied to a top portion of the user's head protection device, the upper portion having an opening at the forward facing side of the user's body and a rearward facing side of a user's body; and a plurality of compression elements within the cervical spine protection device, wherein the axial force applied to the top portion of the user's head protection device is directed away from a cervical spine of the user in an oblique direction and wherein the compression elements comprise a first horizontal portion within and adjacent to the upper portion of the cervical spine protection device and a tapered lower portion designed to follow the contours of a user's neck wherein a force applied to the first horizontal portion is directed along the tapered lower portion away from the user's cervical spine in an oblique direction.