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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Charles A. Poe, Athens, TN (US);
Charles A. Poe, Athens, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention is an elastomeric, energy-management cushion formed of at least one or more spaced, expandable, geometrically shaped cushioning elements disposed in a pattern on supporting base. The cushioning elements each have a plurality of angularly spaced projections, the projections of each cushioning element being interspersed between and spaced from the projections of the adjacent cushioning elements. The interspersed projections absorb and distribute compression forces applied to the cushioning elements as triangulated vector forces within the projections forming the respective cushioning elements, to which the compression forces are applied thereby providing an elastomeric, energy-management cushion.