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US 2003/0115655 A1Published application
Knee pad & method of manufacture
OwnerJose Munoz, Gustavo Gonzalezinventors
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Abstract
A knee pad adapted to cover the knee of a user is made from a single sheet of durable, pliable sheet material, or from a plurality of separate segments made of such sheet material. It comprises a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section, said elbow section and a leg section joined to form a corner. A strap member is attached to extends between opposed sides of the leg section that enables the user to secure the knee pad to the user's knee with the knee placed into the to open side and seated against the corner. Outer edges of the leg and elbow section are each inwardly contoured forming a concave indentation respectively in each of these outer edges.
Claims31
In a knee pad with
- a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section, said elbow section and leg section joined to form a corner,
- said elbow section and leg section each having opposed side walls connected by a front wall,
- said elbow section and leg section being of different lengths, with the length of the elbow section being substantially shorter than the length of the leg section,
- said opposed side walls of the elbow section each having an outer side edge and said front wall of the elbow section having an outer edge that extends between the outer side edges of the opposed side walls of the elbow section,
- said opposed side walls of the leg section each having an outer side edge and said front wall of the leg section having an outer edge that extends between the outer side edges of the opposed side walls of the leg section, and
- a strap member attached to the leg section to extended between the opposed side walls of said leg section,
- the improvement comprising
- the outer edges of the front walls of the elbow section and the leg section are each inwardly contoured forming a concave indentation in said front walls of the elbow section and the leg section.
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A knee pad adapted to cover the knee of a user comprising
- a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section, said elbow section and a leg section joined to form a corner, and
- a strap member attached to the leg section that enables the user to secure the knee pad to the user's knee with the knee placed into the open side and seated against the corner,
- said body being formed from a plurality of separate segments including a front segment having opposed side edges and an inner edge, a pair of side segments, and an elbow segment, each side segment attached to one of the opposed side edges of the front segment, and the elbow segment attached to the inner edge of the front segment,
- said side segments being substantially at a right angle to the front segment when the strap member secures the knee pad to the user's knee.
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The knee pad of claim 19 where each concave indentation has a depth of from 1 to 2 inches.
A knee pad comprising
- a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section, said elbow section and a leg section joined to form a corner,
- said elbow section and leg section each having opposed side walls connected by a front wall,
- said elbow section and leg section being of different lengths, with the length of the elbow section being substantially shorter than the length of the leg section,
- said opposed side walls of the elbow section each having an outer side edge and said front wall of the elbow section having an outer edge that extends between the outer side edges of the opposed side walls of the elbow section,
- said opposed side walls of the leg section each having an outer side edge and said front wall of the leg section having an outer edge that extends between the outer side edges of the opposed side walls of the leg section,
- said body being formed from a plurality of separate segments made of durable, pliable sheet material, at least some of said segments having edges that overlap, with the overlapping edges joined by at least one connector, and
- a strap member attached to the leg section to extended between the opposed side walls of said leg section,
- the outer edges of the front walls of the elbow section and the leg section each being inwardly contoured forming a concave indentation in said front walls of the elbow section and the leg section.
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A method of making a knee pad adapted to cover the knee of a user comprising
- (a) providing plurality of separate segments each made of a durable, pliable sheet material, said segments including a front segment having opposed side edges and an outer edge and inner edge, a pair of side segments each having an inner edge, outer edge, a forward end and a rear end, and an elbow segment having opposed side edges and an inner edge and an outer edge, said side edges of the elbow segment being spaced apart so that the elbow segment is longer than a predetermined width of the knee pad being made,
- (b) forming said segments into a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section by
- (i) overlapping a portion of the front segment along the inner edge of the front segment with a portion of the elbow segment along the inner edge of said elbow segment and connecting the overlapping portions together,
- (ii) overlapping the front segment along one side edge with a portion of the one side segment along the inner edge of said one side segment and connecting the overlapping portions together,
- (iii) overlapping the other side edge of the front segment with a portion of the other side segment along the inner edge of said other side segment and connecting the overlapping portions together, and
- (iv) overlapping a portion of the front segment along the inner edge of the front segment with a central portion of the of the elbow segment along the inner edge of said elbow segment and connecting the overlapping portions together so that opposed portions of the elbow segment at said side edges of the elbow segment may be bent inward,
- (iv) bending the connected segments inward and overlapping the opposed portions of the elbow segment respectively with the forward ends of each side segment and connecting together the overlapping portions the opposed portions of the elbow segment with each said forward ends, and
- (c) attaching a strap member to extend between the side segments, said side segments and said elbow segment being substantially at a right angle to the front segment when the strap member secures the knee pad to the user's knee.
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A method of making a knee pad adapted to cover the knee of a user comprising
- (a) providing a plurality of separate segments each made of a durable, pliable sheet material and each having side edges,
- (b) forming said segments into said knee pad by overlapping and connecting portions of the segments along their side edges, including bending said connected portions inward to provide said knee pad with a body having an open side, an elbow section and a leg section, said leg section having side walls formed from at least a pair of said segments connected to another segment forming a front wall of the leg section,
- said pair of segments being substantially at a right angle to the segment forming the front wall of the leg section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.