Patent ID: 7727609
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A63B,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sectional impact barrier wall having improved properties for protecting a human body when impacting the protected surface, said barrier wall comprising: a) a plurality of adjacent wall panels fabricated of a foam padding having a high absorbency factor, each panel made up of a single layer of material; b) each wall panel having a cantilevered portion overlapping a cantilevered portion of an adjacent wall panel for seaming said wall panels together in a manner wherein the integrity of said padding is not compromised by compression and separation when impacted thereupon, each cantilevered portion extending the full length of an edge of each wall panel; c) wherein said wall panels have a front side and a substantially parallel rear side, the cantilevered portion extending from said front side of one panel overlaps the cantilevered portion extending from the rear side of an adjacent panel; d) wherein facing surfaces of overlapping cantilevered portions are parallel to the front and rear sides of said wall panels, the overlapping cantilevered portions are equal in thickness to the thickness of each panel thereby forming smooth surfaces on front and rear sides of adjacent panels; e) wherein a distal end of each cantilevered portion has a surface at right angle to the front and rear surfaces of each panel; f) wherein an edge of each wall panel from which each cantilevered panel extends has a surface at right angle to the front and rear surfaces of each panel; g) wherein each cantilevered portion provides three flat mating surfaces between adjacent panels; and h) wherein a releasable attachment is on each mating surface, where each releasable attachment covers substantially the entirety of each mating surface.