Knee pads for infants
OwnerMargaret A. Walker, Jesus G. Raudalesinventors
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Abstract
A pair of socks and/or sock bands each incorporating knee pads to protect an infant's knees and feet from being scratched, rug burned, and scarred when crawling on a rug or floor's surface. The first embodiment incorporates knee pads into a pair of long socks having a one piece body including a leg portion with a knee region and a foot portion having a sole and toe region extending from the leg portion. The second embodiment incorporates knee pads into a sock band whereby each knee pad is sewn between the fabric used in each sock band. Each sock band can be made of a single sheet of fabric or made of two sheets of fabric sewn to snugly fit around the leg whereby the knee pad covers the patella of an infant.
Claims9
A sock incorporating a knee pad comprising:
- at least one sock having at least one sheet of fabric being precut and sewn together to cover a leg of an infant, said at least one sock having a leg portion, a knee region, and a foot portion, said leg portion having a top area;
- at least one knee pad sewn into said knee region for protecting an infant's patella, said at least one knee pad being dimensioned and configured to cover the infant's patella;
- a small patch of material dimensioned and configured to the shape of said at least one knee pad, said small patch of material enclosing said at least one knee pad onto said knee region of said at least one sock and sewn to said at least one sheet of fabric to hold said at least one knee pad in place;
- a first elastic-like material sewn into said top area of said leg portion for holding said at least one sock on a leg of the infant;
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- a second elastic-like material sewn into said at least one sock between said leg portion and said foot portion.
A sock incorporating a knee pad comprising:
- at least one sock each having at least two sheets of fabric being precut and sewn together to cover the leg of an infant, said sock having a leg portion, a knee region, and a foot portion, said leg portion having a top area;
- at least one knee pad for protecting the patella of an infant, said at least one knee pad being sewn between said two sheets of fabric at said knee region of said sock, each said knee pad dimensioned and configured to cover the entire patella of an infant;
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- a first elastic-like material being sewn into said top area of said leg portion of said sock for holding said sock on the leg of an infant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.