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US 6,912,729 · App. 10/366,527 · Granted Jul 5, 2005

Leg guard

Assignee: Futago Shoji Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 6,912,729
App. No.
10/366,527
Granted
Jul 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A leg guard having an instep portion to protect an instep of foot, a shin portion to protect a shin, a knee portion to protect a knee, and a sub-knee portion to protect an upper part of the knee. The leg guard is provided with a pad portion having a cover composed of thermoplastic elastomer, and the cover of the pad portion has plural convex portions protruding from the surface of the cover.

Claims (17)

1. A leg guard comprising:

a pad portion having a cover, composed of injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer and having plural convex portions protruding from a surface side;

a buckle female member attached to the cover so as to be disposed on an inner side to a border line of the pad portion and covered by the convex portion; and

a buckle male member detachably hitching to the buckle female member and disposed on an inner side to the border line in a hitching state to the buckle female member.

2. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the buckle female member is attached to the cover so as to freely oscillate.

3. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the buckle male member is provided with a hitching leg portion of a configuration having at least an upper wall portion and left and right side wall portions and opening toward a forth end side, and a hitching claw portion detachably hitching to the buckle female member is hidden inside the hitching leg portion.

4. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein a reverse side of the cover is preliminarily formed into a concave curved face corresponding to a leg.

5. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein a bending promotion portion is formed on a groove bottom between neighboring convex portions.

6. The leg guard as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the bending promotion portion is composed of a small protruding bend convex on a face side, and the cover can be freely bent to be convex on the face side.

7. The leg guard as set forth in claim 6 , wherein two lines of machine sewing thread sewn on a lining are disposed on both sides of the small protruding bend convex.

8. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein a surface wall portion of the convex portion of the cover is formed into a curved face, a concavo-convex face, or an inclined face.

9. The leg guard as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the surface of the cover is preliminarily formed into a leather-grain pattern.

10. A leg guard comprising a pad portion having a cover, composed of injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer and having plural convex portions protruding from a surface side, wherein

a bending promotion portion is formed on a groove bottom between neighboring convex portions,

the bending promotion portion is composed of a small protruding bend convex on a face side, and the cover can be freely bent to be convex on the face side, and

two lines of machine sewing thread sewn on a lining are disposed on both sides of the small protruding bend convex.

11. A leg guard comprising a pad portion having a cover, composed of injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer and having plural convex portions protruding from a surface side, wherein a bending promotion portion, composed of a small protruding bend convex on a face side, is formed on a groove bottom between neighboring convex portions, and the cover can be freely bent to be convex on the face side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2003
From: NISHIMOTO, FUMITOSHI
To: FUTAGO SHOJI CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-039521 · Feb 18, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030154540A1 · Aug 21, 2003