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US 5,551,082 AGranted
Protective athletic pants having diagonal protect pads around hip, buttocks and thigh areas
AssigneeCrash Pads, Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Stewart, Sheila C. Lehner
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Abstract
An athletic garment designed to protect the wearer from injury during athletic activity such as in-line roller skating, skiing, volleyball, mountain biking, basketball, hockey, field hockey, ice skating or gymnastics. The invention uses strategically placed and rib-shaped gel, air or elastic foam padding to protect the wearer from the impact and abrasion of a fall caused by such activity.
Claims16
A garment for use in sports activities comprising:
- a substantially tubular, body covering portion of stretchable fabric adapted to be worn by a person engaged in a sports activity;
- impact absorbing protective means comprising a plurality of rib-shaped pads, said pads being located on an outer surface of said body covering portion for protecting the wearer in the event of a fall, said pads comprising at least a first plurality of relatively narrow, elongated diagonal pads each commencing at an upper end in the vicinity of a wearer's waist and curving, when worn, around the wearer's hip bones, and a second plurality of relatively narrow, elongated, diagonal pads each terminating at a relatively forwardly disposed lower end substantially in line with the lower portion of the buttocks of a wearer, said second plurality of pads having relatively rearwardly disposed upper ends below the waist of the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.