US 12,133,566 B2
Fluid-based exoskeletal body armor with climate control
Andrew Blecher, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Leonard Wozniak, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to Sports Medicine Sciences, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Sports Medicine Sciences, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,120.
Application 17/672,120 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/292,354, filed on Oct. 13, 2016, granted, now 11,247,115.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/240,613, filed on Oct. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167690 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/018 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); A42B 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/018 (2013.01) [A42B 3/0433 (2013.01); A42B 3/0486 (2013.01); A42B 3/22 (2013.01); A41D 2600/10 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective system comprising:
a protective suit configured to be worn by a wearer, the protective suit comprising:
a head portion comprising a fluid-filled head portion chamber;
a neck portion releasably secured to the head portion and comprising a neck portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled head portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and
a torso portion releasably secured to the neck portion and comprising a fluid-filled torso portion chamber, wherein the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is in fluid communication with the neck portion chamber; and
wherein the head portion is configured to be disposed on a head of the wearer, the neck portion is configured to be disposed in an arcuate manner around a neck of the wearer, and the torso portion is configured to be disposed on a torso of the wearer, such that when a force of an impact is received on the head portion, fluid from the fluid-filled head portion chamber is transferred into the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer, and when a force of an impact is received on the torso portion, fluid from the fluid-filled torso portion chamber is transferred to the neck portion chamber to support the neck of the wearer against translational and rotational forces imparted to the wearer.