Device for protecting a lLeg
OwnerSjoerd Vrijburginventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for protecting a leg, comprising: a body with an underside and an upper side for placing around at least a part of a leg above the foot as seen in vertical direction; wherein the body comprises material with elastic properties, and wherein said body at least partially encloses the leg as seen in horizontal direction.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
A device for protecting the skin of a leg against irritation from contact with an irritable snug fit surface fitted around the leg adjacent to the skin, such as a surface of footwear extending towards the skin of the leg, said device comprising:
- a body with an underside and an upper side for placing around at least a forward part, comprising the skin to be protected from irritation, of a leg above the foot as seen in a vertical direction,
- wherein the body comprises a material with elastic properties,
- wherein the body at least partially encloses the leg as seen in a horizontal direction, and
- wherein the protective part of the body, which in use is adjacent to the skin to be protected, that extends between the skin and the irritable surface, only consists of the elastic material.
The device as claimed in clam 20, further comprising two support members on the inner side of the body, which are arranged substantially on either side of the front side of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.