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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Colvin, Apex, NC (US);
Craig S Potter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Raven Marketing, Inc., Westerville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428178 ; 5449 ; 5451 ; 5453 ; 5455 ; 206522 ; 428 71 ; 428 72 ; 428119 ; 428166 ; 428180 ;
Abstract
A cushioning structure for dampening shocks useful as a packing material to protect shipments of goods and as a protective shield or garment to prevent injury from falls including one or more planar sheets of pliable material bonded to a matrix of polygon shape cells containing a fluid such as air or other gas. In one aspect the cells are in fluid communication with each other to provide a valved fluid transfer from one cell to the next.