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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Rousseau Research, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph D Russo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rousseau Research, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Custom fitting protective athletic equipment composed of larger compressive chambers to generally surround a body part as well a plurality of smaller compressive chambers, which can be shaped to absorb rotational impact forces, outside the larger compressive chambers. A hard or yielding shell positioned either outside the chambers or between them can provide additional impact dampening and protection. Both the larger and smaller compressible chambers preferably contain compressible fluid, such as air, another gas, gel or liquid. Valves are preferably provided in the chambers so that the fluid can be controlled when an impact is received. A method is also disclosed to use three-dimensional scanning techniques and three-dimensional 3D printer manufacturing techniques to produce the protective athletic equipment of the present invention.