US 12,310,487 B2
Load distribution systems and load carrying equipment
Randall Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by Randall Alley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,048.
Application 18/169,048 is a continuation of application No. 17/492,431, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,596,219.
Application 17/492,431 is a continuation of application No. 16/348,647, granted, now 11,140,969, issued on Oct. 12, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/060967, filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/419,653, filed on Nov. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200521 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/00 (2013.01) [A45F 2005/008 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load carrying and force distributing interface to be worn on a user's limb having soft tissue and a bone structure, comprising:
a first support member sized and dimensioned to fit around the limb;
a second support member sized and dimensioned to fit around the limb;
at least three elongated compression members disposed between the first support member and the second support member;
wherein the elongated compression members are circumferentially spaced apart; and
a sensor, an actuator, and a controller configured to dynamically adjust a compression level of at least one of the elongated compression members.