Knee padding for work pants
OwnerAlbert N. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A knee protector for insertion in a pocket in the legs of work pants or the like is of a V-shaped cross-sectional configuration to improve appearance of the pants with the pad in place, to reduce inconvenience of wearing the protector and to provide a self centering effect reducing inadvertent sidewise shift of the padded part of the leg away from its operative position in front of the wearer's knee. A pocket for use with the pad is of a width sufficient for stitching the pocket to the pant leg along a stitch line coincident with the inseam and the outseam of the leg to enable further improvement in the appearance by concealing the stitch line and placing the pocket inside the respective leg. Both the pad and the pocket can also be used with a different pocket or pad, respectively.
Claims19
A knee protector adapted to be secured to the knee portion of a trouser leg including an inseam and an outseam, said knee protector including a pocket to be stitched to said leg and a removable padding element complementary with the pocket for insertion into same, wherein said pocket comprises a pliable main panel having a normally top edge portion, a normally bottom edge portion and two side edge portions, the spacing of said side edge portions from each other generally corresponding to the front width of the respective leg at the knee region thereof as measured from the respective inseam, over the front of the knee portion, to the respective outseam, whereby the pockets can be stitched to the respective leg along two lines generally coincident with the inseam and the outseam of the leg, respectively.
A pliable pocket for use as a holder for removably securing a knee padding element to a trouser leg including an inseam and an outseam, said pocket including a pliable main panel of a size sufficient to allow stitching thereof to a trouser leg along lines generally coincident with the inseam and with the outseam of the respective leg while keeping the surface of the main panel generally coextensive with the surface of the leg at the knee portion thereof.
Pliable pocket means adapted to be stitched to a knee of a trouser leg having an inseam and outseam, said pocket means including a pliable main panel whose width generally corresponds to the front width of the respective leg at the knee portion thereof, as measured from the inseam, over the front of the knee portion of the trouser leg, to the outseam of the leg.
Work pants having two legs, each including an inseam and an outseam, at least one of the legs having a pliable pocket for receiving a cushioned member at the knee portion of the leg, said pocket being generally coextensive with a part of the leg at said knee portion, said pocket including a pliable panel generally corresponding in width to the front width of the respective leg as measured from the inseam, over the front of the knee portion of the leg, to the outseam of the respective leg, said panel having two mutually opposite side portions stitched at the inseam and at the outseam, respectively, of the respective leg, to conceal the stitching of the side portions.
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