Knee pad
AssigneeErgodyne Corporation
InventorThomas M. Grimm
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Abstract
A knee pad includes a base member which, when unassembled, is planar. A top member is operatively connected to the base member. In a preferred embodiment, the top member is also, when unassembled, planar. The base member has first and second points of attachment and, when unassembled, are at a first distance from each other. The top member has first and second points of attachment which, when unassembled, are also a first distance from each other. Provided are means for securing the top member to the base member at the points of attachment wherein, when assembled, the first and second points of attachment of the base member are at a second distance from each other. The second distance is less than the first distance wherein the base member forms a cupped region. Also provided is a means for attaching the base and top members to a user's knee.
Claims17
A knee pad comprising;
- (a) a base member having top and bottom surfaces and upper and lower sections, which when unassembled is planar;
- (b) a top member having top and bottom surfaces and upper and lower sections operatively connected to the top surface of said base member;
- (c) said base member having first and second points of attachments proximate its upper section, when unassembled said first and second points being at a first distance from each other;
- (d) said top member having first and second points of attachments proximate its upper section, when unassembled said first and second points being at a first distance from each other;
- (e) means for securing said top member to said base member at said points of attachment wherein, when assembled, said first and second points of attachment of said base member are at a second distance from each other, said second distance less than said first distance wherein said base member forms a cupped region;
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- (f) means for attaching said base and top members to a user's knee.
A knee pad comprising;
- (a) a base member, die cut from a foam material, having top and bottom surfaces and upper and lower sections, which when unassembled is planar;
- (b) a top member having top and bottom surfaces and upper and lower sections operatively connected to the top surface of said base member, said top member, when unassembled is planar;
- (c) said base member having first and second points of attachments proximate its upper section, when unassembled said first and second points being at a first distance from each other, wherein said base member comprises;
- (i) a first leg member having first and second ends;
- (ii) a second leg member having first and second ends;
- (iii) a midsection member having first and second ends, said first end of said first leg member operatively connected to said first end of said midsection member and said first end of said second leg member operatively connected to said second end of said midsection member;
- (iv) said first leg having a first point of attachment and said second leg having a second point of attachment, when unassembled said first and second points of attachment of said legs being at a first distance from each other;
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- (v) means for securing said top member to said points of attachment of said leg members, wherein, when assembled said points of attachment of said leg members are at a second distance from each other, said second distance less than said first distance thereby retaining said base member to form said cup region;
- (d) said top member having first and second points of attachments proximate its upper section, when unassembled said first and second points being at a first distance from each other;
- (e) means for securing said top member to said base member at said points of attachment wherein, when assembled, said first and second points of attachment of said base member are at a second distance from each other, said second distance less than said first distance wherein said base member forms a cupped region;
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- (f) means for attaching said base and top members to a user's knee.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.