Patent ID: 8590063

Claim:
An energy-absorbing pad, comprising: a pouch suitable for use with a garment, having a front side, a back side, a first side, a second side, a top side and a bottom side; and disposed in said pouch at least one continuous fillable tube formed to be in a serpentine shape or a spiral shape, and wherein, if in said serpentine shape, said tube is in a compact serpentine shape comprising: a first straight section being adjacent to a second straight section and joined to it by a contiguous U-shaped section at an upper end of said first and second straight sections; said second straight section being adjacent to a third straight section and joined to it by a contiguous U-shaped section at lower end of said second and third straight sections; and said third straight section being adjacent to a fourth straight section and joined to it by a contiguous U-shaped section at an upper end of said third and fourth straight sections; and if in said spiral shape, said tube is in an Archimedean spiral shape having at least three complete turnings.