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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Skydex Technologies, Inc., Centennial, CO (US);
Jerod Dahl, Centennial, CO (US);
Peter M. Foley, Castle Rock, CO (US);
SKYDEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Centennial, CO (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology includes tiered void cells which provide protection, comfort, and stability during compression. The tiered void cells may be arranged in vertically stacked columns and include a stroke whereby tiers of a void cell can telescope into adjacent tiers of that void cell, as well as telescope into adjacent tiers of adjacent void cells in a column. Implementations described and claimed herein include a cushioning system comprising an array of tiered void cells, wherein each tiered void cell includes a base portion, a plunger portion, the plunger portion to collapse into the base portion under compression of the cushioning system, and a living hinge elastically connecting an inner perimeter of the base portion to an outer perimeter of the plunger portion.