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Hockey shin guard

a technology of shin guards and shin guards, which is applied in the field of protective pads and hockey shin guards, can solve the problems of shock dissipation effect and uncomfortably warm body parts, and achieve the effect of allowing shock dissipation

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-09-20
SPORT MASKA
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The present invention provides an improved protective pad for sports that can dissipate shock and cool the protected body portion. The pad has a rigid outer shell and a padding layer connected to the shell in spaced apart first locations. The padding layer has a portion spaced away from the inner side of the outer shell to define a first free space therebetween. A suspension member is connected to at least one of the padding layer and the shell along spaced apart second locations. The suspension member is inwardly spaced away from the padding layer to define a second free space therebetween. The first and second free spaces are in fluid communication with each other, allowing cooling air to flow from the environment to the second free space through the first opening. The suspension member has an inner side adapted to contact a body portion of a wearer.

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The padding layer usually lays in direct contact with the body portion protected by the pad, which can cause the body portion to become uncomfortably warm.
However, in some instances the force applied can completely collapse the cavity, i.e. the padding layer is displaced such as to lie completely against the outer shell, thus substantially reducing this shock dissipation effect.

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[0014] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a protective pad 10 is shown here as a combined shin and knee protective pad, such as of the type worn to play ice-hockey. The protective pad comprises an outer shell 12 which includes a knee shell 14 and a shin shell 16 connected to one another. The connection between the knee shell 14 and the shin shell 16 may occur in a variety of ways. For example, the connection may be pinned, i.e. with one or two pins, or may be through a hinge, or in any other manner. The shin shell 16 has a longitudinal axis 18 adapted to extend along the length of the leg of the wearer, and an arcuate profile about the longitudinal axis 18 defining a convex outer side 20 and a concave inner side 22 (see FIG. 4). The knee shell 14 is cup-shaped such as to effectively protect a knee, and also has a convex outer side 24 (see FIG. 1) and a concave inner side 26 (see FIG. 3). The outer shell 12 is substantially rigid, and can be made for example of an impact resistant plastic. ...

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Abstract

A protective sports pad having a substantially rigid outer shell, a padding layer connected to the shell in spaced apart first locations, and at least one suspension member connected to at least one of the padding layer and the shell along spaced apart second locations. The padding layer has a portion which is spaced away from an inner side of the outer shell to define a first free space between the padding layer portion and the shell. The suspension member is inwardly spaced away from the padding layer to define a second free space between the suspension member and the padding layer. The first and second free spaces are at least partially superimposed. The suspension member has an inner side which is adapted to contact a body portion of a wearer.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to protective equipment, more particularly to protective pads such as are used in contact sports. In particular, the present invention may be used as shin guards to be used in a variety of contact or semi-contact sports such as ice hockey, inline-skate hockey, lacrosse, soccer, or with any other activity which requires the shins of a player to be protected, such as motocross. BACKGROUND ART [0002] In contact sports, for example, hockey, soccer, etc., players usually wear protective pads such as shin and knee pads. These pads generally include a rigid outer shell, which can be made of several interconnected sections, and an inner padding layer attached to the outer shell by stitches, rivets, adhesive, etc. The padding layer usually lays in direct contact with the body portion protected by the pad, which can cause the body portion to become uncomfortably warm. [0003] In some leg pads, the padding layer is attached to the oute...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D13/06
CPCA63B71/1225A63B2071/125A63B2243/005A63B2243/0025A63B2243/0041A63B2071/1258A63B2102/14A63B2102/22
Inventor CASTONGUAY, ALAINSKOTTHEIM, LEIF
Owner SPORT MASKA
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