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US 8,505,122 B1Granted
Sports impact protection system
OwnerMichael S. Green, Cliff L. Zatzinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides a sports impact protection system adaptable for use with ordinary sports apparel such shirts, pants and shorts. The system includes one or more impact absorbing pads and means for reversibly attaching the pads to sports apparel.
Claims18
An apparel-attachable impact protection kit, comprising:
- at least one discrete, impact-absorbing protective pad, said pad having a thickness an expansive dimension, a front and a back;
- a first at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a reversible touch fastener disposed on one side and the other side being attached to or irreversibly attachable to the back of the pad;
- a second at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a reversible touch fastener disposed on one side reversibly attachable to the touch fastener side of the first at least one strip or sheet, and the other side irreversibly attachable to a fabric apparel item,
- wherein said pad consists essentially of a base portion at least substantially coextensive with the expansive dimension of the pad and a plurality of pods protruding from the base portion, said pods laterally spaced apart from one another,
- wherein the base portion and the pods are part of the same unitary form, and
- wherein said pad is optionally covered in fabric.
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An impact-protective sports apparel assemblage, comprising:
- at least one discrete, impact-absorbing protective pad, said pad having a thickness, an expansive dimension, a front and a back;
- a first at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a touch fastener disposed on one side and the other side being attached to the back of the pad;
- a second at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a touch fastener disposed on one side reversibly attachable with the touch fastener side of the first at least one strip or sheet, and the other side irreversibly attached to a fabric apparel item, such as but not limited to a shirt, long pants, shorts (short pants), socks, a hat and an under garment,
- wherein said pad consists essentially of a base portion at least substantially coextensive with the expansive dimension of the pad and a plurality of pods protruding from the base portion, said pods laterally spaced apart from one another,
- wherein the base portion and the pods are part of the same unitary form,
- wherein said pad is optionally covered in fabric, and
- wherein said pad is reversibly attached to the fabric apparel item via engagement of the touch fastener side of the first at least one strip or sheet and the touch fastener side of the second at least one strip or sheet.
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An apparel-attachable impact protection kit, comprising:
- at least one discrete, impact-absorbing protective pad, said pad having a thickness, an expansive dimension, a front and a back;
- a first at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a touch fastener disposed on one side and the other side being attached to the back of the pad;
- a second at least one strip or sheet having two sides, a touch fastener disposed on one side reversibly attachable to the touch fastener side of the first at least one strip or sheet, and the other side irreversibly attached to a fabric apparel item,
- wherein said pad consists essentially of a base portion at least substantially coextensive with the expansive dimension of the pad and a plurality of pods protruding from the base portion, said pods laterally spaced apart from one another,
- wherein the base portion and the pods are part of the same unitary form, and
- wherein said pad is optionally covered in fabric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.