Cover for hand-held pad used for hitting, punching, or kicking
A cover for a hand-held pad having one or two handles, the cover having interconnected panels that define one or more openings for inserting the pad into the cover and for providing access to the handle(s). In one embodiment, a punch pad has a glove portion, and the cover has a single opening for both inserting the pad into the cover and providing access to the pad glove. In another embodiment, the pad is a kickboxing pad having a hand grip and an arm band, and the pad has three openings: a first for inserting the pad into the cover, a second for accessing the hand grip, and a third for accessing the arm band. The panels are made suitable materials that enable the cover to fit snuggly over the pad where the front panel may be printed or written upon to display an image.
1. A cover for a hand-held pad, the hand-held pad having at least one handle for holding the hand-held pad, the cover comprising a plurality of interconnected panels that define a cover interior, wherein the cover has one or more openings configured for inserting the hand-held pad into the cover interior and for providing manual access to the at least one handle, wherein the plurality of interconnected panels comprises:
a side panel having a front edge and a back edge;
a front panel having an outer edge, wherein the outer edge of the front panel is directly connected to the front edge of the side panel;
a top back panel having an outer edge, wherein a first portion of the outer edge of the top back panel is directly connected to a first portion of the back edge of the side panel and a second portion of the outer edge of the top back panel is spaced apart from the back edge of the side panel; and
a bottom back panel having an outer edge, wherein a first portion of the outer edge of the bottom back panel is directly connected to a second portion of the back edge of the side panel and a second portion of the outer edge of the bottom back panel is spaced apart from the back edge of the side panel, such that the second portion of the top back panel and the second portion of the bottom back panel define a first opening in the cover configured for inserting the hand-held pad into the cover interior.
2. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the side panel is formed from a substantially rectangular piece of material having two relatively long edges and two relatively short edges, wherein the two relatively short edges are directly interconnected to provide the side panel with an irregular cylindrical shape.
3. The cover of claim 1 , wherein:
the hand-held pad is a punch pad having a glove portion as the handle;
the first opening is the only opening in the cover; and
the first opening is configured to provide access to the glove portion of the hand-held pad when located within the cover.
4. The cover of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the outer edge of the top back panel overlaps the first portion of the outer edge of the bottom back panel at two sides of the first opening without being directly connected to the first portion of the outer edge of the bottom back panel in the overlap regions.
5. The cover of claim 3 , further comprising a finger loop connected to the bottom back panel and configured to receive one or more fingers of a user's hand when inserted through the first opening into the glove portion of the hand-held pad, wherein the finger loop provides a second opening for receiving the one or more fingers that is independent of the first opening.
6. The cover of claim 5 , wherein the finger loop is made of a resilient elastic material.
7. The cover of claim 3 , wherein:
the top back panel is formed from a piece of fabric having a substantially oval shape with a substantially circular segment shaped portion removed; and
the bottom back panel is formed from a piece of fabric having a substantially circular segment shape.
8. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the side panel, the top back panel, and the bottom back panel are formed from a resilient elastic fabric.
9. The cover of claim 8 , wherein the resilient elastic fabric is a polyester spandex fabric.
10. The cover of claim 8 , wherein the front panel is formed from a printable fabric.
11. The cover of claim 10 , wherein the front panel is formed from the resilient elastic fabric.
12. The cover of claim 8 , wherein the front panel is formed from an erasable writable fabric.
13. The cover of claim 12 , wherein the front panel is formed from a vinyl material.
14. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the interconnected panels are stitched together.
15. The cover of claim 14 , wherein the interconnected panels are stitched together using overlock stitching.
16. A method for protecting the hand-held pad of claim 1 , the method comprising:
inserting the hand-held pad into the cover of claim 1 via an opening in the cover to form a covered-pad assembly;
holding the covered-pad assembly by accessing the at least one handle of the hand-held pad through the at least one corresponding opening in the cover; and
receiving at least one of hits, punches, and kicks to the held, covered-pad assembly.