Patent 10590571 was granted and assigned to Albany International Airport on March, 2020 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A structure for use as a compressible ultra-resilient pad is disclosed. The structure includes axially and radially elastic hollow members and relatively inelastic yarns in various patterns. The structure has a high degree of both compressibility under an applied normal load and excellent recovery (resiliency or spring back) upon removal of that load.