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US 12,635,738 B2Granted
Outdoor base layer including integrated knee protection
AssigneeOut West-Livin' Wild, LLC
InventorT. Richard Ziehmer
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Abstract
A base layer such as an undershirt or long underwear, for outdoor activities is described. The base layer includes an integrated joint protector. The protector includes foam padding realized as a collection of individual, mutually separated pads having a polygonal perimeter. The thickness of the pads decreases from a centerline of the protector to its medial and lateral edges. The medial and lateral edges have triangular individual pads with vertices facing out, which prevents binding or creasing of the protector under flexure.
Claims12
An athletic base layer garment comprising:
- a garment comprising one or more elastic fabric layers, sized to fit tightly to a portion of the body of a wearer;
- a padded joint protector integrated into a fabric layer of the garment over a joint of the wearer, wherein the padded joint protector comprises a plurality of individual, conformable pads mutually separated from adjacent pads by open channels;
- wherein, the joint protector is a knee protector arranged over the knee of a wearer when the garment is worn;
- wherein the joint protector comprises a center column of pads that cover a vertical centerline of the knee of a wearer, and wherein at least one pad in the center column of pads covers the wearer's kneecap;
- wherein, the joint protector further comprises flanking columns of pads on either side of the center column;
- wherein the joint protector further comprises medial and lateral columns of pads on either side of the flanking columns;
- wherein the medial and lateral columns of pads include pads having a triangular perimeter;
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- wherein the pads having a triangular perimeter are arranged with each pad having a vertex that points out in a medial or lateral direction relative to a vertical centerline of the knee protector.
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