Patent ID: 8151376

Claim:
A hip protector pad of the type that absorbs impact energy at a vulnerable area of a greater trochanter of an adult human hip, the pad comprising: a continuous sheet of flexible honeycomb material having faces covered with a cover material; and a layer of compliant and resilient foam on an inner side and an outer side of said honeycomb material, wherein: said honeycomb material is from about 7 mm to about 9 mm thick; said pad is flexible to conform to a shape of a hip area; said pad is configured to absorb an impact from about 7,000N to about 10,000N of force and distribute said force about said vulnerable area of said greater trochanter; said cover material reduces a penetration of said foam into cells of said honeycomb material when subjected to impact; and said pad is effective to reduce an impact of a fall of an adult human on said vulnerable area to be below an average adult human hip fracture impact level.