Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heating chamber for receiving an aerosol generating article and at least one inductively heatable susceptor mounted in the heating chamber such that there is an outer air gap between the susceptor and the chamber wall and, when an aerosol generating article is received in the heating chamber, there is an inner air gap between the susceptor and the aerosol generating article. When a user inhales through the aerosol generating article, incoming air flows through the inner and outer air gaps, absorbing heat from inner and outer surfaces of the susceptor, which results in efficient pre-heating of the air drawn into the aerosol generating article.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for an aerosol generating device includes a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol forming substrate; and a first susceptor provided at a periphery of the heating chamber configured to provide heating by magnetic induction. The first susceptor includes a first body having a longitudinal axis; and a first plurality of projections which extend from the first body at a plurality of spaced positions along the longitudinal axis to form spaces between adjacent projections. In this regard, the surface area of the first susceptor is increased such that the first susceptor may be more efficient at converting electromagnetic energy to energy used to heat an aerosol generating substrate.

Abstract: An induction heating assembly for an aerosol generating device includes an induction coil for generating an electromagnetic field, and an inductively heatable susceptor having a first part and a second part which include the same susceptor material. The first part is positioned with respect to the induction coil so that it is inductively heated by the electromagnetic field and the second part is positioned with respect to the induction coil so that it is not inductively heated by the electromagnetic field. The induction heating assembly further includes a temperature sensor in contact with the second part of the inductively heatable susceptor.

Abstract: An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge configured to be used with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating device including: a device housing, an inductor coil, and a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil; and the cartridge including: a cartridge housing configured to engage the device housing and containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the cartridge housing having an external surface surrounding the aerosol-forming substrate, and a fluid-permeable susceptor element. A cartridge for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: A vaporizer includes: at least one inhalation opening; a liquid storage cavity, which is configured to store a liquid substrate; a vaporization assembly, which heats the liquid substrate to generate an aerosol; a holder, which at least partially accommodates or holds the vaporization assembly; and a vapor output pipe, which provides an airflow path for outputting the aerosol to the at least one inhalation opening. The vapor output pipe is provided with an air inlet end, which is connected to the holder in a fit manner. A protruding structure is provided on the holder, and the protruding structure is close to the air inlet end of the vapor output pipe, so as to guide a condensate which is generated in the vapor output pipe out of the vapor output pipe through the air inlet end.

Abstract: An atomization core assembly (10A), an atomizer (100) and an electronic atomization device (300).

Abstract: A liquid injection device includes: an accommodating cavity for detachable mounting of an electronic vaporization device; a liquid storage tank; a liquid supply mechanism; and a control assembly. The control assembly is connected to the liquid supply mechanism and detects whether the electronic vaporization device is mounted in the accommodating cavity. The liquid supply mechanism is in communication with the liquid storage tank to: be connected to the electronic vaporization device and supply liquid to the electronic vaporization device when the electronic vaporization device is mounted in the accommodating cavity, and be disconnected from the electronic vaporization device and stop supplying liquid to the electronic vaporization device when the electronic vaporization device is removed from the accommodating cavity.

Abstract: An additive assembly for an e-vaping device includes an adsorbent material that includes adsorbed carbon dioxide. The additive assembly may be in fluid communication with a vaporizer assembly that forms a generated vapor. The adsorbent material may release the carbon dioxide into the generated vapor based on at least a portion of the generated vapor adsorbing on the adsorbent material. The additive assembly may include a flavor material including a flavorant. The adsorbent material may generate heat based on at least a portion of the generated vapor adsorbing on the adsorbent material, and the flavor material may release flavorant into the generated vapor based at least in part on the heat generated by the adsorbent material. One or more of the adsorbent material and the flavor material may be included in beads. Adsorbent material and flavor material may be included in multiple additive structures within the additive assembly.

Abstract: A power-adjustable heating assembly and an atomizing core having the same. The power-adjustable heating assembly includes a support frame and a heating member. At least three positioning holes are arranged on a holding part of the support frame. The heating member includes a heating mesh and a plurality of leads. The heating mesh is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a gap is provided between two ends of the heating mesh. One end of the leads is connected to the heating mesh, and the other end thereof is connected to a respective electrode of the power supply, and each lead passes through a corresponding positioning hole. The heating mesh generates heat by selecting at least two leads to be electrically connected to the electrodes of the power supply, and the power can be adjusted by switching different leads to connect to the power supply.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device includes a battery portion including an electric power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion having a mouthpiece opening in an end, and a liquid reservoir adapted for accommodating a liquid. The electronic smoking device further includes an atomizer arranged at a first end face of the liquid reservoir and operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid to create an aerosol, wherein the atomizer comprises a plurality of openings adapted for providing the aerosol, and an actuator movable inside the liquid reservoir towards the first end face and adapted for supplying liquid to the plurality of openings.

Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form the aerosol and a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heating element. The power supply includes a voltage source, two or more supercapacitors, and switches between the voltage source and the two or more supercapacitors. The switches are arranged so that, during a charging mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to be charged by the voltage source and, during a heating mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to discharge through the at least one heating element.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette, an electronic cigarette display method and an indicator light group are provided. The electronic cigarette comprises: an electronic cigarette body; an indicator light group arranged in the electronic cigarette body; an angle detection device arranged in the electronic cigarette body, for detecting angle information of the electronic cigarette body; a control device, arranged in the electronic cigarette body, and connected to the indicator light group and the angle detection device, for controlling the indicator light group to display electric quantity according to the angle information of the electronic cigarette body.

Abstract: A cartridge (1), and an aerosol generating apparatus and system control, according the number of times a power supply apparatus (2) has performed lighting, an atomization apparatus is turned on or off. The cartridge (1) includes: a signal transceiver (111), used to receive a lighting signal that is sent by the power supply apparatus (2) cooperating with the cartridge (1) in which the encryption chip (11) is located, and send an update signal to a processor (113); a memory (112), which is used to store the remaining inhalation numbers as well as a preset maximum inhalation number; and a processor (113), which is used to update the remaining inhalation numbers in the memory (112) according to a preset first rule, so that the power supply apparatus (2) cooperating with the cartridge (1) reads, the remaining inhalation numbers stored therein, and then controls an atomizing device to stop operation.

Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the heating element; a power supply to supply power to the heating element; and electric circuitry in communication with the heating element and the power supply, the electric circuitry including a memory and being configured to: regulate a supply of power to the heating element for a heating cycle period in response to a user input, determine a first derivative of an electrical resistance of the heating element with respect to time, determine that there is an adverse condition if the first derivative exceeds a threshold value stored in the memory during a heating cycle period at or subsequent to a predetermined time in the period, and control power supplied to the heating element or provide an indication based on whether there is an adverse condition at the heating element.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision system can include the cartridge and a control unit, and the system can include a vaporizer for vaporizing An aerosolizable material. The cartridge can include an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region, and a reservoir for containing aerosolizable material for aerosolizing. The cartridge can further include an aerosolizable material level observation means for allowing a user to observe a level of aerosolizable material inside the reservoir. The aerosolizable-material-level observation means can include at least one contoured surface located on a surface of the cartridge to improve the visibility of the aerosolizable material level inside the reservoir due to the interaction of light with the contoured surface.

Abstract: A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method that enables flexible setting of the operations of an inhalation device from a remote location using a user terminal and that provides usability for preventing the inhalation device from implementing an operation setting not intended by a user due to an erroneous manipulation by the user.

Abstract: An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.

Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, the front housing portion including a front end portion having a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including a taggant having a spectroscopic signature; and a detector configured to detect a presence of the aerosol-generating article in the cavity and to identify aerosol-generating articles that may be usable with the system, the detector being able to determine the spectroscopic signature of the taggant.

Abstract: A garment, which may be a turtleneck sweater, shirt, blouse, top, dress, or other similar garment, with an adjustable collar. The adjustable collar is an open collar having first and second panel sections attached, respectively, to the two ends of the open collar. The free end of said first panel section may be removably secured to a free end of said second panel section in varying styles to allow for a range of aesthetics and comfort levels, such as in a bowtie closure or knot closure.

Abstract: A garment to be worn by a wearer includes an outer body that defines a garment shoulder and an underarm portion disposed below the garment shoulder of the garment. The garment includes a bra feature coupled to the underarm portion. The bra feature includes a bra body and a first attachment member. The bra body is configured to encircle a chest of the wearer. The first attachment member extends between a first end and a second end. The first attachment member is coupled to the bra body at the first end and to the underarm portion of the garment at the second end, thereby fixing the bra body to the underarm portion of the garment while permitting movement of the bra body relative to the underarm portion of the garment.

Abstract: A nursing cover having an integrated cooling neck fan in which the integrated cooling neck fan is bladeless, removable, and bendable over a range of angles. The inside top area of the nursing cover includes at least one hook and loop strip that extends in a horizontal direction or another type of fastener. Additional hook and loop strips are on a top surface of the cooling neck fan such that the cooling neck fan is removably attachable to the inside top area of the nursing cover. A user grabs the two ends of the neck fan to bring the nursing cover closer or further away and adjust distance of air vents on the neck fan from a nursing child covered by the nursing cover while held by the mother. The nursing cover includes a neck strap and a long fabric portion that thoroughly covers the mother and nursing child. The nursing cover can be a partial nursing cover or a 360-degree nursing cover.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wearable material made from interweaving a primary yarn of recycled sheets of plasticized material and a water-proof companion yarn. The companion yarn may be fleece, micro-fleece made from polyester, acrylic or nylon, or alpaca wool. The wearable material may be rendered into articles of fashionable clothing that can provide protection from dirt and stains, as well as protective garments for medical and industrial settings.

Abstract: An artificially intelligent temperature-regulating wetsuit may include a wetsuit body comprising a torso portion, a left arm, a right arm, a left leg, and a right leg. A plurality of heating pouches may be disposed on the wetsuit body. The heating pouches may be configured to heat the wetsuit body. A controller may include a processor configured to run an artificially intelligent application which, when executed, causes the controller to predict a change in temperature of at least a portion of an inner environment of the wetsuit body. The controller may activate at least one of the plurality of heating pouches to heat one or more of the torso portion, the left arm, the right arm, the left leg and the right leg of the wetsuit body based on the predicted change in temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for limiting head movement. The apparatus may comprise a shaft having a stem made of a substantially rigid material and one or more adjustable securing portions, the one or more adjustable securing portions configured to secure the stem to a neck of a user. The apparatus may include a chin support disposed at a first end of the stem and configured to contact a chin of the user. When secured to the user by the one or more adjustable securing portions, the chin support is configured to reduce vertical range of motion of a head of the user, and allow lateral range of motion of the head of the user. During a lateral rotation of the head of the user while the shaft is secured to the user, the shaft remains secured to the neck of the user and rotates with the head of the user, such that the chin support maintains contact with the chin of the user.

Abstract: Proposed is an anti-fog mask for blocking exhaled breath from the nose and mouth of a wearer from moving upwardly from an upper portion of the mask through a gap between a mask body inner surface and the curved part of the wearer's face between the bridge of the nose and the cheeks of the wearer, thereby preventing fogging on surface of lenses of glasses or goggles of the wearer. The anti-fog mask includes a mask body including at least one mask body inner surface, at least one mask body outer surface, and at least one mask body filter surface, a plastic film adhesive part formed on the mask body inner surface at an upper end of the mask body inner surface, a plastic fixing member formed on the mask body at the upper end of the mask body and deformable by an external force, and a pair of straps.

Abstract: A sanitary mask sheet, in which a WC value indicating a work volume up to a maximum pressure in a thickness direction is 0.3 Pa·m or more, and a capture rate of particles having a particle diameter of more than 1 ?m is 85% or more.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mask, and in particular a mask configured as a respirator. The disclosed mask is relatively easy to manufacture. Further, the disclosed mask is reusable and customizable.

Abstract: Improved personal protective equipment facial wear including, in one embodiment, an at least partly adhesive mask, and one or more adhesive eye shields. In one implementation, the mask avoids significant contact with the delicate periorbital skin of the wearer, yet provides a substantially airtight seal so as to preclude moisture vapor transfer and “fogging” of eyeware or instruments. In another implementation, adherence of the eye shield is at least partially overlapping with the mask and creates an at least partial seal around a perimeter of the eye shield. Further, an at least partial seal is formed around a perimeter of the mask. The mask and eye shield additionally prevent nasal air flow obstruction, and address the problem of skin irritation and attachment during normal facial expression and movement of the wearer.

Abstract: A first subject of the present invention has an antiviral formulation with metallic copper particles in an unoxidized form and having a median particle diameter inferior or equal to 200 nm, graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, and a bonding matrix material. A second subject of the invention has an antiviral filtering material with a layer of textile and at least one layer of an antiviral coating comprising metallic copper particles in an unoxidized form and having a median particle diameter inferior or equal to 200 nm, graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, and a bonding matrix into which both metallic copper particles and graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide are anchored. The invention also concerns methods of preparation of the antiviral formulation and of the antiviral filtering material. Finally, the invention includes an antiviral face mask with a layer of textile coated with the antiviral formulation.

Abstract: Described herein is an antiviral face mask and methods of use thereof to inactivate a virus in contact with the face mask. The face mask may include a fibrous material with silicon nitride powder impregnated therein and a layer surrounding the fibrous material. In some embodiments, silicon nitride is present in the fibrous material at a concentration of about 1 wt. % to about 15 wt. %.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices include a personal protection gown to provide frontal protection for the user. The personal protection gown includes a neck protector extending from a front neckline of a body portion of the personal protection gown. The neck protector partially couples to the front neckline such that a separation gap between the neck protector and the body portion is formed (e.g., on either side of the partial coupling and around the back of the neck). Extension straps of the neck protector are pulled around a neck of the user and form a knot to secure the neck protector and the personal protection gown in place. The separation gap provides flexibility in how tightly the neck protector is pulled such that the personal protection gown effectively provides zone A coverage (e.g., as defined by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) for different body shapes and sizes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical gown for a hospital patient, the medical gown comprising: a top part arranged to cover a patient's torso, the top part comprising sleeves and a front-facing opening with a wrap-around fastening; and a bottom part, separate to the top part and arranged to extend from patient's waste downwards to cover at least a portion of the patient's legs; wherein the top part comprises at least one slit positioned in a back or side portion of the top part and arranged to allow medical examination of the patient's torso through the slit without removal of the top part. The medical gown according to the present invention allows a clinician to perform a full systematic medical examination of a patient, without requiring the patient to remove any part of the gown.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a multi-use article that can function as a jacket, carrying bag, blanket and/or pillow. In one embodiment, a multi-use article includes a first portion (torso cover) and a second portion (leg cover) releasably coupled by a fastener. The leg cover can include another fastener along axial edges of the leg cover to releasably couple its axial edges and form an enclosure. The leg cover can include a third fastener along a distal edge of the leg cover to provide the bottom of a bag when the third fastener is closed. When released from the leg cover, the torso cover can be used as a jacket, for example. When released from the torso cover, the leg cover can be configured as a blanket, carrying bag, and/or pillow (or pillow case). The torso cover can be inserted into a suitably configured leg cover to form a pillow.

Abstract: Described herein is a multi-layered latex cover, particularly a glove, comprising a main body and a rim. The main body comprises an outer latex layer, an inner latex layer and an intermediate layer comprising particles. The rim essentially consists of the agglutinated outer and inner latex layer. The particles in the intermediate layer are chemically functionalized with a compound comprising hydrophobic groups. Prior to functionalization, the particles are characterized by a mean diameter of ?100 ?m and a surface comprising exposed OH groups. The invention further relates to a method of producing the multi-layered cover, comprising the steps of providing a former and sequentially immersing it in a first coagulator solution, a first latex dispersion, a particle suspension and a second latex dispersion.

Abstract: A glove configured to provide protection for a wearer's hand wherein the glove of the present invention includes extension members wherein the extension members are operable to assist a wearer in handling of small objects such as but not limited to screws. The glove of the present invention includes conventional finger portions wherein secured to the upper surface of the finger portions are extension members. The extension members have a width generally equal to the finger portion and are configured to have a section thereof extend beyond the end of the finger portion. The extension member is manufactured from a rigid material and in a preferred embodiment can include a curved end segment. An embodiment is provided wherein the extension member is releasably secured to a receiving member wherein the receiving member is secured to the upper surface of the finger portion.

Abstract: A tying system or mechanism with at least one lace and a fastener element can be used with a boxing glove or a shoe to allow a user to secure the at least one lace around the boxing glove or shoe without a second person and/or without tying a knot. The tying mechanism can include a back-to-back hook and loop of a fastener element and can include or more locking mechanisms to anchor free ends of the one or more laces at the eyelets of the boxing glove or shoe. The tying mechanism can generate a force that is radial or lateral to a gap defined by flaps of the boxing glove or shoes.

Abstract: An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, a palm region, and a digit region. The glove is fabricated of nitrile which is resistant to toxic or corrosive substances. These substances include drugs mixed with opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil. The fingertip regions on the glove may be of a reduced circumference so as to pull the glove material therein tightly around the tips of a user's fingers and thumb. The reduced circumferences fingertip regions helps the user to detect even a faint pulse in a patient. The glove includes a first color exterior surface and a second color interior surface. The first and second colors contrast with one another and this feature serves as a tear indicator to the user.

Abstract: A hand warmer for use with a long gun. The hand warmer has a fabric tunnel that attaches to the firearm such that a user's non-trigger hand is able to grasp the firearm and stay warm. The hand warmer has two variations, one for a pump action shotgun and one for a rifle or other long gun typically with a fixed stock. The shotgun version is constructed with a fabric for placement between the sliding stock or pump of a pump action shotgun and the barrel of the gun. The rifle version has a foam molded section that fits between a forward end of the scope and the barrel of the gun.

Abstract: A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.

Abstract: An insulating fill material composition for use in outerwear, sleeping bags, bedding, and the like includes 40.0 to 85.0 wt % alpaca fibers, 10.0 to 20.0 wt % bicomponent fibers, and 5.0 to 40.0 wt % polyester fibers. The alpaca fibers have a length of 40.0 to 70.0 mm. The bicomponent fibers have a length of 40.0 mm to 60.0 mm and a linear mass density of 0.11 to 0.33 mg/m. The polyester fibers have a length of 40.0 mm to 60.0 mm and a linear mass density of 0.22 to 0.44 mg/m. Blending, combing, carding, and lapping of the alpaca fibers, the bicomponent fibers, and the polyester fibers forms a matte, which when needled and heated forms a batting having a weight of 50.0 to 400.0 g/m2.

Abstract: An article of protective equipment for protecting a body part of a user includes a lattice structure with a plurality of struts forming three dimensional volumetric structures. The lattice structure includes a plurality of internal layers, each internal layer having at least one different physical property from the other internal layers, wherein the plurality of internal layers comprises at least one internal layer having physical properties such that the at least one internal layer is capable of compressing more than at least one other internal layer in response to an impact to the article of protective equipment.

Abstract: Hair extensions utilizing an angled hair extension strip are disclosed. The hair extensions comprise a plurality of hair strands; and an angled flexible hair extension strip that holds the plurality of hair strands, the angled flexible hair extension strip having a first side end and an opposing second side end, where the first side end and the second side end are located in different horizontal planes; and wherein each of the hair strands comprises a first end that is held, by the angled flexible hair extension strip, and a second end that is unattached, wherein the first ends of the hair strands are arranged in a thin layer; wherein the second ends of the hair strands are parallel to a horizontal plane; and wherein the first ends of the hair strands are located in multiple horizontal planes.

Abstract: A hair accessory is provided for supplementing and/or replacing hair using a magnetic installation techniques. The magnetic hair accessory may include hair material, magnetic material, a coating, an active face, a neutral face, a score, top piece and/or magnetic band. A method for supplementing and/or replacing hair using a magnetic hair accessory is also provided.

Abstract: An attachment for a water-resistant head covering, the attachment comprising: an aesthetic headpiece, the aesthetic headpiece sized for a human head and resembling one of: human hair, headwear and a combination thereof; and one or more fasteners, the fasteners operative to removably secure the aesthetic headpiece to the head covering, the fasteners positioned on the aesthetic headpiece such that the aesthetic piece covers the water-resistant head covering when fastened thereto, and wherein the aesthetic headpiece, when fastened, is positioned on the human head to appear similar to the resemblance without the head covering.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a voltage detection device and of related safety systems are provided. In various embodiments, the voltage detection device is configured to couple to safety headwear, such as via the one or more housing(s) of the voltage detection device coupling directly to the safety headwear or the voltage detection device coupling to an adaptor mounted to the hard hat.

Abstract: Helmet (1) comprising: a shell (2); a head receiving system (3); at least one cellular energy-absorbing structure (4) comprising a plurality of interconnected open-cells (9) configured to absorb energy by deforming during an impact on the shell (2); at least one clamping device (5) comprising a base (6) and a head (7) connected to each other via an elongated collapsible body (8) wherein the collapsible body (8) is sized so as to enter one or more open-cells (9) of the cellular energy-absorbing structure (4) and the head (7) is configured to lock the at least one clamping device (5) to the cellular energy-absorbing structure (4), wherein the base (6) or the head (7) is attached to an inner surface of the shell (2).

Abstract: A hard hat including an outer shell, a linear impact absorbing material, and a rotational impact absorbing material is constructed of materials designed to provide protection to a wearer in extreme environmental conditions and under impact. In one embodiment, the rotational impact absorbing material is formed from a strain rate sensitive material in which the rigidity of the material increases under an impact.

Abstract: A pad assembly for a helmet comprises a pad formed of a first material and a support structure of a second material that is formed on and bonded to the pad by means of an additive manufacturing process. The first material and the second material being selected to bond together when the support structure is formed on the pad during the additive manufacturing process. In one example the pad assembly comprises a crescent-shaped conformal strip with a flange that is received in a corresponding groove in the helmet. In another example, the pad assembly comprises a plate having posts formed thereon for engaging corresponding holes formed in the helmet. Also disclosed is a helmet including a pad assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protective laminate structure that can be incorporated into a protective garment such as a sports helmet. The protective laminate structure includes lattice elements such as fiber bundles defining an open area between the lattice elements, a continuous flexible layer adjacent to the open fibrous lattice, and a flexible adhesion means such as high-elongation adhesives connecting the continuous flexible layer and the lattice elements of the open fibrous lattice. The protective laminate structures provide a structure in which energy from an impact is transferred/dispersed within the structure to limit and reduce both concussive and destructive/fracturing forces transmitted through the structure. Corresponding protective garments such as helmets are lighter yet safer relative to convention rigid-shell helmets, flexible yet prevent skull fracture, and small/conform closely to the head without transfer of impact forces.