US 6,654,960 B2Granted

Shin guard

AssigneeHwi Kim

InventorMan-Hee Cho

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a shin guard, and in particular to a shin guard which is well adapted irrespective of a body shape of a user based on a flexible construction and is capable of implementing a good ventilation and an easier sweat exhaust. The shin guard according to the present invention includes a plate shaped smooth synthetic resin cover in which a plurality of mesh ventilation holes are formed in the whole surfaces of the cover, said cover being curved for thereby being well stuck to a shin of a user, and a foam synthetic resin buffering plate which is attached to a back surface of the cover and includes a plurality of ventilation holes corresponding to the mesh ventilation holes formed in the cover and a plurality of protrusions in the back surface of the same for thereby implementing a good ventilation through each ventilation hole.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A shin guard comprising:

a cover having a front surface and a rear surface, and having a plurality of mesh ventilation holes formed therethrough, the cover being formed of a synthetic resin and being sufficiently flexible to conform to the shin of a user when worn;
and
a buffering plate attached to the rear surface of the cover and formed of a synthetic resin foam, said plate having formed therein an intersecting network of protrusions defining a plurality of ventilation holes, the ventilation holes being formed through said plate and corresponding to the plurality of mesh ventilation holes in the cover;
said network of protrusions being disposed to contact the shin of the user with the shin guard conforming to the shin of the user so as to space the ventilation holes away from the shin of the user, and such that said protrusions and ventilation holes provide air circulation between the shin guard and the shin of the user with the shin guard conforming to the shin of a user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/122,574Filed 15 Apr 2002
Priority: KR 20-2001-35014 U14 Nov 2001
Published: US 2003/0088900 A115 May 2003
Granted: 2 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A63B 71/1225
For the body or the legs , e.g. for the shoulders: for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet
A41D 13/0158
With shock-absorbing means: having ventilation features
A63B 2071/1258
For the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet: for the shin, e.g. shin guards
A63B
Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, swimming, climbing, or fencing