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US 4,066,074 AGranted
Protective guard and method for forming and applying
OwnerMartin Kellerinventor
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A protective guard for areas of the shin bone and other parts of the body comprises a flat plate of thermoplastic material mounted on a strip of wrapping material attached to one side of the plate with a flexible adhesive. The plate is formed to the configuration of the area by first heating it on a flat surface such as that of a hand iron. When heated sufficiently the plate may be bent or molded; a layer of insulating material such as a sock is placed over the area and the heated plate then pressed, using wrapping material, into configuration with the area. When cooled and again rigid the plate retains the shaped configuration and the wrapping is then secured about the leg, for example, to hold the plate over the area to be protected. A quick attaching effect is obtained by use of a wrapping material that clings to itself.
The method for providing a protecting guard for the shin area of the leg which comprises:
As an article of manufacture, a guard particularly suited for protecting the shinbone area of the leg comprising a thin flat rigid plate of thermoplastic material having the property of becoming moldable when heated and on cooling becoming rigid again and retaining the shape in which it cools, an elongated strip of strong highly flexible material securely attached to said plate in face engagement with one side thereof, said strip having a width about the same as that of said plate transverse to the strip and having a length sufficient to extend beyond both ends of said plate a distance sufficient for substantial overlapping the ends thereof when the strip is wrapped about a leg with said plate conforming to the shinbone area, and means for utilizing said strip to attach said plate in position over the selected area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.