Baseball chest protector
AssigneeRacer Sporting Goods Co., Ltd.
InventorMike Chien Fang Chen
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Abstract
A baseball chest protector comprises a pad body, a strap assembly, a neck-protecting cushion, a plurality of shock-absorbent pad blocks and a plurality of air vents, in which the pad blocks provide on the chest portion of the pad body are formed with inclined planes in such a shape that the thickness of the upper portion of each pad block is greater than that of the lower portion while the pad blocks provide on the stomach portion of the pad body are formed with curved surfaces; the neck-protecting cushion is a piece of curved plate body which flares out upwardly from the bottom and forms an inverted cone-shaped space. Further, the above-mentioned shock-absorbent pad blocks on the chest portion are formed as a laminate structure of materials with different characteristics.
Claims5
A baseball chest protector, comprising:
- a pad body comprising a chest portion, an upper portion, a peripheral edge, a shoulder portion, a neck-surround portion, and a stomach portion;
- a strap assembly consisting of a plurality of belts and adjusting loops and secured to the peripheral edge of said pad body for user's wearing;
- a neck-protecting cushion provided on said pad body at the upper portion thereof corresponding to the user's neck.
- a plurality of shock-absorbent pad blocks disposed on a front surface of said pad body;
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- a plurality of air vents formed on said pad body between said shock-absorbent pad blocks,
- wherein said pad blocks disposed on the chest portion, shoulder portion and neck-surrounding portion of said pad body are formed with inclined planes having a shape wherein a thickness of an upper portion of each said pad block is greater than that of a lower portion of said pad block, and said pad blocks disposed on the stomach portion of said pad body being formed with curved surfaces;
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- the neck-protecting cushion comprising a piece of curved plate body flaring out upwardly from the bottom to form an inverted cone-shaped space.
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