Pads with three dimensional image element
Assignee3DCalz, LLC
InventorBrian Michael Gudalis
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Abstract
A shin guard includes a protective plate having a front face and a rear face. The rear face is contoured to fit around a shin of a wearer of the shin guard. Further, the shin guard includes a three dimensional image element carried on the front face. This image element projects an image outline through a sock worn over the shin guard. A sports pad is provided including an outer shell defining a pocket and a pad received and held in the pocket. A three dimensional image element is captured between said outer shell and the front face of the pad. That image element projects an image outline through the outer shell to enhance the uniform of the player wearing the sports pad.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method for ornamenting clothing, the method comprising:
- attaching a three-dimensional image element to a protective pad, wherein:
- the protective pad comprises an inner surface configured to face toward a body part of a user and an outer surface configured to face away from the body part,
- the three-dimensional image element comprises an inner surface, an outer surface, and a fastener positioned on the inner surface, and
- attaching the three-dimensional image element to the protective pad comprises attaching the fastener of the inner surface of the three-dimensional image element to the outer surface of the protective pad such that the three-dimensional image element is carried on the protective pad and projects outwardly from the outer surface of the protective pad;
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- positioning the protective pad below at least one layer of fabric of an article of clothing worn by the user such that the three-dimensional image element causes a deformation of the at least one layer of fabric of the article of clothing in a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional image element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.