18815431. ARTICLE OF APPAREL WITH DYNAMIC PADDING SYSTEM (NIKE, Inc.)
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ARTICLE OF APPAREL WITH DYNAMIC PADDING SYSTEM
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Tiffany A. Beers of Beaverton OR (US)
ARTICLE OF APPAREL WITH DYNAMIC PADDING SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18815431 titled 'ARTICLE OF APPAREL WITH DYNAMIC PADDING SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
An article of apparel includes a padding system that dynamically changes configuration in response to an impending impact. The padding system may change from a state that has a high flexibility and offers low protection from impact to a state that has a low flexibility and offers increase protection from impact. The system may use a filament to constrict a plurality of padding elements together in order to increase the overall stiffness of the pad. The filament may be tightened and loosened by a spool. The spool may receive a signal regarding the impending impact from a sensor that is a part of the article of apparel, or a sensor that is separate from it.
