Cross section of a football pad featuring Windpact crash cloud technology
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cross section of a football pad featuring Windpact crash cloud technology consists of yellow and black foam of differing densities, encased in black plastic, and surrounded by a black fabric cover with black velcro attached to one side. This pad is cut in half to show how the crash cloud technology is used within the pad. Windpact began developing the crash cloud pads for a wide variety of uses and this is an example of the different thicknesses and design arrays available.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Windpact was created by retired NFL football player Shawn Springs an African-American inventor, entrepreneur, businessman and athlete. Inspired by a car accident he and his family were in, Springs noticed his daughter’s car seat protected her from the impact and thought he could use this technology in other ways. Initially he developed this ‘crash cloud’ technology for use in football helmets to reduce concussions in players but soon used this new technology in all types of athletic helmets, as well as military helmets. Windpact continues to develop and innovate with 3D printed materials finding a variety of applications for this new technology.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Football
label: web subject
content: Invention
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0054.07
label: accession number
content: 2022.0054
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0054.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pad, football
label: Object Name
content: pad cross section
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velcro (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm