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US 5,491,840 AGranted
Buffer structure for shin protection and ankle sleeve mat
AssigneeComax Sporting Goods Co., Ltd.
InventorFu-Hsin Yen
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Abstract
A buffer structure improvement of a body part protector having a pad, and a board having a generally arcuate cross-section with a string. Between the pad and the board is a buffer web attached to the board with a buffer spacing between the web and the board.
Claims8
A buffer structure improvement of a body part protector having a pad, and a board having a generally arcuate cross-section with a string, the improvement characterized in that
- between the pad and the board in the region of a body part to be protected is a buffer web attached to the board with a buffer spacing between the web and the board,
- the buffer web being slidably mounted to the board to permit the web to adjust relative to the board in response to an impact.
A body part protector comprising
- a pad,
- a rigid board having a generally arcuate cross-section,
- a string attached to the rigid board for holding the board onto the body part, and
- an elastic buffer web lying in a plane between the board and the pad and with a buffer spacing between the web and the board, said buffer web slidably mounted to the board to permit it to adjust in response to impacts on the board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.