Patent ID: 8966668
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
1. A personal protective padding system for protection of a user from blunt force impact to a corresponding joint of the user's body, the padding system comprising: a first and a second outer shield member, each outer shield member having a front face and a rear face, the first and second outer shield members movably fastened together so as to reduce limiting movement of the user's body parts adjacent to each side of the joint to which the system is applied; a plurality of inflated gas compartments, a first set positioned adjacent the rear face of the first outer shield member and a second set positioned adjacent the rear face of the second outer shield member, each set of gas compartments configured to absorb and diffuse impact energy when the system is applied to a corresponding joint, each set of the gas compartments comprising a multi-layered, coextruded polyethylene film, the film comprising reinforcing strands incorporated therein; and a flexible, polymeric web extending across the rear face of the first outer shield member and positioned at a predetermined distance therefrom, whereby the web is configured to absorbs and diffuse impact energy when the system is applied to a corresponding joint.