Patent ID: 8276217

Claim:
A personal roll bar device for protecting a user's head, neck and back and transferring impact forces substantially to the waist of the user in the event the user experiences a head-first fall, the device comprising: an impact member positioned adjacent the user's back and spaced apart from the user's head, neck and shoulders, the impact member removably engaged with the user's waist and extending upwardly therefrom above a top of the user's head; and a stabilizing means slidably coupled with the impact member and configured for maintaining the impact member adjacent the user's back during use; whereby, in the event the user experiences a head-first fall while using the device, an upper end of the impact member substantially protects the user's head and neck from initial impact, with the resulting impact forces being distributed through the impact member and substantially absorbed by the user's waist, thereby reducing the risk of burst and compression fractures in the user's neck and back.