Patent ID: 8562076

Claim:
An apparatus for protecting a person from an item in contact with said person, comprising: a case comprising a proximal side configured to be positioned in contact with the person and a distal side configured to be positioned in contact with the item in contact with the person, wherein the proximal and distal sides are fastened together to define an internal cavity; a cushion device positioned inside the internal cavity; a plurality of distal fastener straps, each having a first end and a second end, wherein the entirety of each distal fastener strap is coplanar with the distal side of the case and wherein each first end is affixed to said distal side of the case and each second end comprises a first half of a first fastener means that is configured to engage a second half of the first fastener means that is affixed to said distal side of the case, wherein the distal fastener strap is configured to fasten the apparatus to the item in contact with the person; and at least one gripper affixed to said distal side of the case and configured to grip the item in contact with the person.