Patent ID: 7526818
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A spear shield for use in spear fishing to be worn to distribute the forces of loading a spear into a spear gun over a body area of a person, the body area comprising at least one of the chest area of a person and the upper leg area of a person, the spear shield attached to the body of a person by at least one adjustable strap and comprising a shaped unit, said shaped unit including a force absorbing cushion layer, a force distributing stiff layer and a water proof cover, the water proof cover covering the cushion layer and the force distributing stiff layer; as to the force absorbing cushion layer and the force distributing stiff layer the cushion layer being adjacent the body area and the force distributing stiff layer covering the cushion layer opposite the body area and at least a portion of a side surface thereof the force distributing stiff layer being a stiff plastic whereby during the loading of a spear into a spear gun the butt of the spear gun is against the waterproof layer adjacent the force distributing stiff layer, the force distributing stiff layer distributing the loading force over a larger part of the cushion layer.