Descrizione del progetto
Protezione supplementare per gli atleti di equitazione
L’equitazione è uno degli sport più pericolosi, tanto che alcuni studi suggeriscono che le corse motociclistiche sono più sicure delle manifestazioni equestri. La crescente incidenza di incidenti a cavallo, che sono spesso gravi, ha spinto i fantini a indossare protezioni per il corpo. Il progetto Faze, finanziato dall’UE, sta progettando un nuovo tipo di protezione del corpo leggero, traspirante e facile da regolare. Basato su un design in stile armadillo, l’equipaggiamento include pannelli sovrapposti e interconnessi e due strati di schiuma viscoelastica morbida e dura per proteggere le zone ad alto impatto come il torace e la colonna vertebrale. L’equipaggiamento è inoltre dotato di un meccanismo autobloccante in attesa di brevetto che può fornire ai fantini un unico punto di regolazione per fissare i pannelli in vita.
Obiettivo
Sports injuries can result in an immense amount of long-term pain and suffering to the lives of those effected and even
results in fatalities. This also results in a huge burden on EU hospitals, who spend €2.4 billion a year in direct health costs to
treat patients effected by sports injuries. Horse riding is a particularly dangerous sport as the actions of horses can be
unpredictable, making serious injury and fatality a possibility each time a rider mounts a horse. Chest and spinal injuries
contribute to up to 26% of hospital admissions for horse riding accidents and injuries to both the body and shoulder are
common in other dangerous sports such as mountain biking and snowsports.
State-of-the-art: There are two main types of body protectors available for equestrians: inflatable air jackets (e.g. Airowear
and Point Two Air) and panel-based jackets (Racesafe). The major issue with air jackets is that when they are inflated, they
do not provide the rider with the flexibility to perform a “tuck and roll”, meaning that cannot quickly move out of the path of
horses during falls, increasing the risk of crushing injuries. Panel based jackets are inserted with only a standard EVA based
foam, which is an adequate level of protection to absorb the impact of falls or being stood on by a horse.
We, Teqnox Ltd, have created a body protector “Faze” which is lightweight, breathable, and easy to adjust, whilst providing a
high level of safety protection for the rider. Our innovate armadillo style design includes:
• Overlapping and interconnected panels for rider flexibility, also ensuring no weak points.
• A bespoke blend of two layers of soft and hard visco elastic foams to provide protection in high impact areas (chest
and spine).
.• A patent pending self-locking mechanism giving the rider a single point of adjustment to easily adjust the panels
across the waist to fit any body type.
• Inner and outer layers composed of impact resistant sports mesh for breathability.
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