Air cushion pad

Abstract

An air cushion pad includes at least two sheet members, which are made of resilient materials. Each sheet member forms a plurality of hollow tubes projecting therefrom and the tubes are connected to each other by a substantially flat plate. The tubes of one sheet member and the tubes of the other sheet member are alternately fit to each other in an opposing manner to form the air cushion pad. When an external impact force is applied in a top down manner, the air cushion pad absorbs the impact force and undergoes sideways deformation so as to convert the impact force into a transverse to thereby realize shock absorption and eliminate damage caused by downward action of the impact force to provide the function of protection.

Description

(a) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to an air cushion pad that provides multiple modes of shock absorption and impact cushioning and is applicable to cushioning materials that bears pressure load, such as shoulder pads, seat cushions, wrist protectors, and shoe insole, and sports gloves that require shock absorption and impact cushioning for a contact surface or internal lining cushion of sports helmets.(b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART[0002]Impact cushioning and shock absorption materials that are commonly available in the market include rubber pads, foamed material pads, or air sack pads, which are applicable to different fields requiring different aspect of cushioning protections. Tanking sports glove, such as batting gloves worn by a batter of base ball, as an example, the batting gloves are made of fabrics or leathers and a batter wears the gloves to isolate the bat and his or her hand skin in order to eliminate potential risk of ski...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an air cushion pad, which has a simple structure, is easy to manufacture, and shows excellent effects for absorbing vibrations and cushioning impacts.

[0007]To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides an air cushion pad, which is composed of at least two sheet members, including an upper sheet member and a lower sheet member, both being made of resilient materials. Each sheet member forms a plurality of hollow tubes projecting therefrom and the tubes are connected to each other by a substantially flat plate. The tubes of the upper sheet member and the tubes of the lower sheet member are alternately fit to each other in an opposing manner to form the air cushion pad that provides the effects of shock absorption and protection.

Problems solved by technology

Further, the air sack, due to the air enclosed therein being set in a predetermine space, is only capable to bear a force component of an impact that is in the normal direction, and the performance of resistance against a force in a transverse direction is poor because of the enclosed air sack being not supported in the transverse direction, which leads to poor cushioning performance when compressed by an external force.

Thus, such a cushion pad does not provide high performance of cushioning.

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