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US 2002/0162162 A1Published application
Baseball catcher's chest protector
AssigneeHOS Development Corporation
InventorsGregory James Collins, Kenneth W. Nimmons
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Abstract
A chest protector that includes a pouch assembly having an interior in communication with an opening, the pouch assembly having a hole in fluid communication with the interior and ambient air and a pad inserted into the interior, wherein the pad includes an opening that is in fluid communication with the hole of the pouch assembly.
Claims22
A chest protector comprising:
- a pouch assembly having an interior in communication with an opening, said pouch assembly having a hole in fluid communication with said interior and ambient air;
- a pad inserted into said interior, wherein said pad comprises an opening that is in fluid communication with said hole of said pouch assembly.
A method of using a chest protector comprising:
- inserting a pad into an interior of a pouch assembly;
- having a person wear said pouch assembly and said inserted pad;
- and
- having ambient air freely flow through a first surface of said pouch assembly, through said pad, and contacting a surface of the person wearing said pouch assembly and said inserted pad.
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A method of using a chest protector comprising:
- inserting a pad into an interior of a pouch assembly;
- having a person wear said pouch assembly and said inserted pad during the playing of baseball or softball;
- and
- removing said pad from said interior of said pouch assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.