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Protective garment for sporting activities

a protective garment and sporting activity technology, applied in the field of protective garments for sporting activities, can solve the problems of limited protective shields, fatal heart injuries of baseball players, and small children's deaths

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-28
EVOSHIELD
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Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a sports body armour shirt designed to protect the heart, ribs, and back of a wearer from blunt force impacts during the playing of baseball or shooting firearms. The shirt is made of stretchable material that snugly conforms to the wearer's body and has inner pockets to mount armour plates. The armour plates are designed to protect specific body parts, such as the heart, ribs, and shoulder, from injury. The shirt is comfortable to wear and allows for full motion during the game or sport. The invention also includes a shooting shirt with a single pocket and armour plate to protect the wearer's shoulder from impact caused by recoil. Overall, the invention provides a protective garment with shaped armour plates that offer better protection and comfort for the wearer."

Problems solved by technology

In the game of baseball, protective shields are generally limited to the catcher position that use a mask, chect protector and shin guards.
However, a number of baseball players, particularly small children, have experienced fatal heart injuries from a batted or thrown ball, or a mis-directed bat, impacting against the chest or back of the player.

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[0029]FIGS. 1 to 4 illustrate a shirt type protective garment 10 of the invention. The shirt 10 is a form fitting sports armour shirt designed for a wearer playing baseball and includes a bottom opening, neck opening and arm openings. The shirt 10 is specifically designed to protect the heart area of the wearer against the impact of a thrown or batted baseball. The shirt 10 is designed to be worn under the outer uniform of the wearer and to fit such that the wearer is completely unincumbered when playing the game, whether batting or throwing a baseball. The shirt 10 is made of stretchable material and snugly conforms to the shape of the wearer's body. It will be appreciated that various sizes of shirts are available to accommodate different size wearers.

[0030]The shirt 10 includes a pocket 12 on the front 14 of the shirt 10 and a pair of pockets 16 and 18 on the rear 20 of the shirt 10. The pockets are located on the inner surface of the shirt 10 and are sewn in place during the man...

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[0034]FIGS. 5 and 6 show a protective armour shirt 100. This shirt is designed to be used while the wearer is shooting a rifle or shotgun having recoil against the shoulder of the wearer. A kidney shaped pocket 102 is sewn adjacent either the left or right shoulder portion of the shirt 100, depending upon the particular shooter, the left shoulder being typically where the butt end of the firearm is placed while a right handed person is shooting. The convex side 104 of the kidney shaped pocket 102 is located near the center of the shirt 100 toward the pectoral muscle of the wearer. The concave side 106 of the kidney shaped pocket 102 is located toward the outside of the shirt 100 adjacent to the outer edge of the wearer's arm. An armour plate 110 is formed in the same manner as described hereinabove to be form fitting against the wearer's shoulder. The particular kidney shape of the armour plate 110 provides maximum recoil dispersion against the wearer's shoulder.

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Abstract

A protective device for protecting the upper thorasic portion of a wearer's body made of stretchable material formed into a tubular shirt like body covering garment having a shape conforming to the wearer's body. The garment includes front and rear sides, a lower opening, head opening and arm openings and further includes a plurality of pockets, a first pocket being located on the front side of the garment and pockets located on the rear side of the garment. The first pocket is formed with an upper edge generally shaped in a sinusoidal wave, the apex of which is located above the heart area when worn by the user. The rear pockets also have an upper sinusoidal shape extending across the back of the wearer, the apex of which is located across the upper back area of the wearer. A plurality of rigid, impact absorbing plates are positioned in the pockets. The plates are contoured and shaped to fit the body configurations of the wearer to provide maximum protection against a variety of impacts. A second protective device is a shirt like garment having a kidney shaped pocket adjacent the wearer's shoulder area for protection against the recoil forces of a firearm.

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[0001]The present invention is directed to protective garments and in particular to garments used to protect participants while playing sporting activities.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The use of protective pads and plastic shields for various sports is well known. For example, hockey and football players use a great deal of protective equipment to prevent injury from impacts during a game. Other sports such as soccer and shooting also use protective guards and padding. In the game of baseball, protective shields are generally limited to the catcher position that use a mask, chect protector and shin guards. However, a number of baseball players, particularly small children, have experienced fatal heart injuries from a batted or thrown ball, or a mis-directed bat, impacting against the chest or back of the player.[0003]There have been a number of attempts to provide protection to a wearer from impact to a particular body part when engaging in various sporting activities. Examples...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D27/26A41D13/00
CPCA41D13/015A41D13/0518A41D13/0151
Inventor KANAVAGE, STANLEY CHESTER
Owner EVOSHIELD