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US 6,319,219 B1Granted
Athletic protector cup
OwnerJames J. Landiinventor
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Abstract
An athletic protector cup is provided including a rigid cup-shaped base member and an impact resistant resilient body which is fixedly attached to an exterior surface and around a periphery of the base member. The resilient body includes a flange extending beyond portions of the base member edge and having a geometry for providing additional impact resistance.
Claims12
An athletic protector, comprising:
- a rigid cup-shaped base member having interior and exterior surfaces defined along their peripheries by an outer edge having an anchor formation;
- an integral resilient flexible body comprising:
- a cup-shaped portion, a thickened flanged portion and a transition portion between said cup-shaped portion and said thickened flanged portion;
- wherein said cup-shaped portion enveloping substantially the entire exterior surface of said cup-shaped base member, said entire outer edge including the anchor formation is enveloped by said transition portion, and an inner surface of the transition portion and the interior surface of the cup-shaped base member facing a body of a wearer form a continuous smooth internal surface.
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An athletic protector, comprising:
- a unitary rigid cup-shaped base member having interior and exterior surfaces defined along their peripheries by an outer edge, the edge having upper and lower segments joined by opposite side segments, said upper and lower segments terminating at corresponding upper and lower lips, said opposite side segments having an outer edge with an anchor formation;
- an integral resilient body comprising:
- a cup-shaped portion, a thickened flanged portion and a transition portion between said cup-shaped portion and said thickened flanged portion;
- wherein said cup-shaped portion being molded over so as to envelope substantially the entire exterior surface of said cup-shaped base member, said outer edge including said anchor formation is enveloped by said transition region, and an inner surface of the resilient transition region and the interior surface of the rigid cup-shaped base member facing a body of a wearer form a continuous smooth internal surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.