Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a wearer's neck against hyperflexion and hyperextension is employed in combination with protective head equipment and includes a pad removably carried by the protective head equipment for engaging a lower surface of a wearer's chin and a strap slidably received by the pad for securing the pad against the lower surface of the wearer's chin, the strap including an adjustable fastener for connection to the protective head equipment. Hyperflexion of the wearer's neck due to forward and downward movement of the wearer's head is limited when the pad is captured between the wearer's chin and chest. A second pad is removably carried by the protective head equipment for engaging the wearer's neck at the base of the wearer's head to protect the wearer against hyperextension of the wearer's neck due to backward movement of the wearer's head.

Abstract: A water safety device of buoyant material is fitted by waist measurement around the mid-section of the wearer to provide flotation. Contoured ribs of buoyant material on the inner side of the device fit under the wearer's ribs, and openings in various portions of the device provide stabilization of the position of a wearer when in the water. When the wearer is in an essentially upright position, the entire body of the device is under water, thus fully utilizing the buoyancy of the device.

Abstract: A protective pneumatic guard for athletes in contact sports comprising a valveless pneumatic pad bonded to one side of a foam cushion. The pad and cushion are retained by suitable means in a desired protective position against the wearer's body with the foam cushion outwardly presented to receive blows and to disperse them evenly over the surface area of the underlying pneumatic pad.