Patent ID: 6055676
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A41D,A42B,A63B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A padding combination having a relatively hard, outer shell with an inner surface, said padding combination further including at least first, second, and third padded members, each padded member having an outer casing of substantially inelastic material containing resilient, discrete beads of substantially elastic material, means for mounting said first and second padded members adjacent spaced-apart sections of the inner surface of said shell and means for mounting said third padded member adjacent said inner surface of said shell between said spaced-apart sections of said inner surface and between said first and second padded members, said first, second, and third padded members each having a thickness wherein said first and second padded members are thicker than said third padded member to thereby form a bridge structure under the inner surface of said shell, said padding combination being positionable adjacent a user's body with said first and second padded members substantially abutting the user's body and said third padded member spaced from the user's body wherein the force of a blow to the shell is at least initially transferred to the user's body at said first and second padded members.