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US 10,376,768 B2Granted
Removable pad arrangement
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsRichard Schwanke, Jedd Komlos
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Abstract
A guard arrangement includes a sleeve with a pocket defining an adjustable opening that has a nominal width, and a pad element having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to be removably positioned inside the pocket, and the first portion has a width at a widest part of the first portion that is greater than the nominal width of the opening.
Claims17
A guard arrangement comprising:
- a sleeve including a pocket defining an adjustable opening, the adjustable opening having a width;
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- a pad element having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion configured to be removably positioned inside the pocket, the first portion having a width at a widest part of the first portion that is greater than the width of the opening, and the second portion having a width at a widest part of the second portion that is greater than the width of the opening, the pad element including two vertexes defining two notches in the pad element located on opposite sides of the pad element in an intermediate portion between the first and second portions, wherein the two vertexes are positioned at the opening in the pocket when the first portion is positioned inside the pocket.
A method of protecting a lead elbow of a baseball or softball batter comprising:
- inserting a first portion of a pad element into an adjustable pocket opening defined at a distal end of a pocket of a sleeve, the first portion of the pad element having a width at a widest part of the first portion that is greater than a width of the pocket opening, and the second portion having a width at a widest part of the second portion that is greater than the width of the opening, wherein the pad element includes two vertexes defining two notches in the pad element located on opposite sides of the pad element in an intermediate portion between the first portion and a second portion of the pad element;
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- engaging the intermediate portion of the pad element with the pocket so as to retain the pad element in the pocket with the two vertexes positioned at the opening in the pocket the second portion extending from the opening of the pocket after the first portion is inserted.
A guard arrangement comprising:
- an elastic sleeve comprising:
- an elongated sleeve body;
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- a pocket formed by an elastic panel attached to an exterior of the elongated sleeve body, the pocket has a first side and a second side and defines an opening at a distal end of the pocket, wherein the first side defines a first recess and the second side defines a second recess, and wherein a width between the first and second recesses is greater than a width of the opening;
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- a pad element with a relatively inelastic shell as compared to the sleeve, the pad element having a first portion inserted in the pocket, a second portion extending outside the pocket, and an intermediate portion between the first and second portions engaging the opening, wherein the pad element defines a notch in the intermediate portion, the opening engaging the notch, wherein the first portion and the second portion each define a width that is greater than the width of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.