US 3,945,042 AGranted

Protective garment for skaters, and the like

OwnerAlfred D. Loboinventor

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Abstract

A lightweight protective garment is provided for skaters, skiers, and the like, to reduce the injury from a fall. The garment is worn over the torso primarily to cover the area of the lower back, upper back and arms. The fabric of the garment by itself has no impact protective function but serves simply to provide a base on which protective cushioning members are attached in such a way as to absorb a portion of the impact of a fall. The cushioning members are preferably in the form of resilient foamed plastic cylinders disposed exteriorly of the garment over selected areas of the body which are generally impacted most frequently such as the lower back, the trochanter region, the shoulders and the rear surfaces of the arms. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the cushoining members are removably affixed to the garment and a cover is provided over the cushioning members so that the garment appears to be conventional.

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Dependent claims

An outer garment for skaters and skiers worn primarily over the wearer's torso to reduce injury due to falls, comprising in combination:

an upper body portion to cover the upper body of the wearer from below the neck to just below the buttocks, said upper body portion being made of an yieldable fabric having essentially no cushioning property against impact;
said upper body portion including
a. arm portions, to cover the arms of the wearer, extending on either side of a neck opening, each arm portion carrying exteriorly thereupon plural elongated flexible cushioning members running from the shoulder to below the elbow in generally parallel spaced apart relationship;
b. a back portion to cover the back of the wearer, said back portion carrying exteriorly thereupon plural elongated cushioning members running in generally parallel spaced apart relationship;
and
c. a seat portion to cover the buttocks of the wearer, said seat portion carrying exteriorly thereupon plural elongated cushioning members running vertically in generally parallel spaced apart relationship, and extending circumferentially to cover the trochanter region of each side;
said upper body portion being split down the front from the neck opening to near the bottom of the upper body portion;
and
cooperating releasable fastening means to open and close the split.

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