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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:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Robert L Mattingly, Holland, MI (US);
Carey J Boote, Holland, MI (US);
Prince Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
An impact absorption member comprises a sheet of crushable material having curvilinear projections having a width, height, length and spacing selected for different impact absorption characteristics. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the projections are sinusoidal. In a preferred embodiment also, the material comprises a mixture of recycled, reground thermo-formable material and reprocessed fibrous bats including polyester fibers, glass fibers and a thermo-setting resin. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the member constitutes an elongated arch-shaped base having integrally superimposed thereon the curvilinear projections.