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US 7,730,549 B2Granted
Protective athletic equipment
AssigneeWarrior Sports, Inc.
InventorsDavid Morrow, Matthew Winningham, Jesse Hubbard
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Abstract
A protective garment for an arm is disclosed herein. The protective garment includes a protector portion having an outer surface and an inner surface. The protective garment also includes a screen layer disposed below the outer surface.
Claims19
A protective garment comprising:
- a protector assembly that at least partially circumferentiate a wearer's arm, said protector portion having an outer protective assembly that is rigid and located at least partially on an exterior surface of the protector assembly and visible to the end user of the protector assembly, an inner protective portion being adjacent a user's arm when worn by the user, said outer protective portion being spaced from the user's arm, said outer protective portion defining at least one opening;
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- a screen layer disposed between said outer protective portion and said inner protective portion, wherein at least a portion of the screen layer is visible through the at least one opening defined by the outer protective portion, wherein the outer protective portion is raised with respect to said screen layer and joined with the screen layer to dissipate a blow to the outer protective portion toward at least a portion of the screen layer.
A protective garment comprising:
- an arm protector having an outer surface and an inner surface, said arm protector adapted to at least partially circumferentiate a wearer's arm, said arm protector including a padded portion constructed of a foam material and a rigid cover disposed over and joined with said padded portion, said rigid cover being raised with respect to said padded portion and adapted to dissipate a blow to said rigid cover over the padded portion;
- at least one opening defined by said outer surface of said arm protector for dissipating heat through said padded portion and providing ventilation thereto;
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- a mesh layer disposed between said rigid cover and said padded portion and extending across said at least one opening to provide greater energy absorbing capability than said padded portion, said mesh layer being at least partially visible to a viewer through said at least one opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.