Patent ID: 6131196
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
A sealed-air safety pad configured for releasable attachment to a wearer's body for protection and cushioning of a selected portion of the wearer's body against constant pressure, impact and other outside contacts associated with various different activities, the safety pad consisting essentially of:a) a body-engaging fabric cover member configured to overlie and cover a sealed portion of a wearer's body, said fabric cover member having a first, outer fabric layer and a second, inner, body-contacting fabric layer, the layers secured together to form a pocket member therebetween, said pocket member containing and confining only bubble cushioning material providing a multiplicity of sealed-air capsules each comprising a flexible envelope of substantially gas-impervious material containing a selected gas at low, substantially non-atmospheric pressure, andb) securing means on the fabric cover member for releasably securing the fabric cover member to a wearer's body with said bubble cushioning material-containing pocket member positioned over the part of a body to be protected.