Patent ID: 7441740

Claim:
A human impact protection apparatus for protecting a user against a dangerous location, the human impact protection apparatus comprising: a body portion formed of a first resilient material; four members substantially spaced apart protruding radially outward from said body portion, said four members being formed of a second resilient material which is the same as or different from said first resilient material, said four members each having a rounded tip; and an adhesive material or a mechanical fastener disposed about one or both of said body portion and said four members, whereby the human impact protection apparatus may be affixed to a surface, and whereby the human impact protection apparatus may be modularly interleafed with another human impact protection apparatus to substantially prevent any spaces therebetween, wherein said body portion and said four members have a substantially symmetrical shape and are foldable over a plurality of different shaped surfaces to cover said plurality of different shaped surfaces without bulging, wherein said four members protruding radially outwardly from said body portion are a first member, a second member, a third member, and a fourth member, and wherein said body has a first lateral axis and a second longitudinal axis being perpendicular to said first lateral axis, said first member forming a first angle relative to said first lateral axis being in a range that includes forty five degrees to ninety degrees, said second member forming a second angle relative to said first lateral axis being in a range that includes zero degrees to forty five degrees, said third member forming a third angle relative to said first lateral axis being in a range that includes forty five degrees to ninety degrees, and wherein said fourth member forms a fourth angle relative to said first lateral axis being in a range that includes zero degrees to forty five degrees.