Hockey goalkeeper leg pads
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorCharles Vaillancourt
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Abstract
Hockey goalkeeper leg pads wearable on legs of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the legs, in which protective parts (e.g., pad members) of the hockey goalkeeper leg pads are adjustable to adjust how the hockey goalkeeper leg pads fit on the legs, and their adjustability is provided in a way that may be relatively light, easy to use, and simple to manufacture.
Claims33
A hockey goalkeeper leg pad wearable on a leg of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the leg, the hockey goalkeeper leg pad comprising:
- a first pad member configured to overlie and protect an upper leg region, a knee and a lower leg region of the leg;
- a second pad member fastened to and projecting rearwardly from the first pad member;
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- an adjustment system configured to adjust the second pad member relative to the first pad member, the adjustment system comprising a connector of the first pad member and a connector of the second pad member that are connected to one another hook-and-loop fastenerlessly, are located where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member, and allow where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member to be adjusted;
- wherein the connector of the first pad member and the connector of the second pad member detachably connect the second pad member to the first pad member such that the second pad member is detachable from the first pad member.
A hockey goalkeeper leg pad wearable on a leg of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the leg, the hockey goalkeeper leg pad comprising:
- a first pad member configured to overlie and protect an upper leg region, a knee and a lower leg region of the leg;
- a second pad member connected to and projecting rearwardly from the first pad member;
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- an adjustment system configured to adjust the second pad member relative to the first pad member, the adjustment system comprising a connector of the first pad member and a connector of the second pad member that are connected to one another hook-and-loop fastenerlessly and allow the second pad member to be adjusted relative to the first pad member;
- wherein a dimension of the connector of the first pad member in a longitudinal direction of the hockey goalkeeper leg pad is less than a dimension of the second pad member in the longitudinal direction of the hockey goalkeeper leg pad.
A hockey goalkeeper leg pad wearable on a leg of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the leg, the hockey goalkeeper leg pad comprising:
- a first pad member configured to overlie and protect an upper leg region, a knee and a lower leg region of the leg;
- a second pad member fastened to and projecting rearwardly from the first pad member;
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- an adjustment system configured to adjust the second pad member relative to the first pad member, the adjustment system comprising a connector of the first pad member and a connector of the second pad member that are connected to one another hook-and-loop fastenerlessly, are located where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member, and allow where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member to be adjusted;
- wherein the connector of the first pad member comprises an opening and the connector of the second pad member extends into the opening to connect the second pad member to the first pad member.
A hockey goalkeeper leg pad wearable on a leg of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the leg, the hockey goalkeeper leg pad comprising:
- a first pad member configured to overlie and protect an upper leg region, a knee and a lower leg region of the leg;
- a second pad member fastened to and projecting rearwardly from the first pad member;
- and
- an adjustment system configured to adjust the second pad member relative to the first pad member, the adjustment system comprising a connector of the first pad member and a connector of the second pad member that are connected to one another hook-and-loop fastenerlessly, are located where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member, and allow where the second pad member is fastened to and projects rearwardly from the first pad member to be adjusted
- wherein the connector of the first pad member comprises a plurality of openings and the connector of the second pad member is extendable into any one of the openings to connect the second pad member to the first pad member at a plurality of different positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.