Universal athletic pads with combination attachment means
US8914917B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA41D13/0556
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Protective hip pads and tailbone pads formed of resilient padding material have a combination belt slot and snap faster attachment arrangement and can selectively attached to athletic pants having either snap fasteners in the waistband, or to athletic pants having a waistband with a number of exposed slots through which a belt extends. Thin stiff flexible support plates are affixed to the front and back side of the pads and laterally spaced slotted apertures extending through the pad and support plates have a vertical slot and an intersecting horizontal slot. Snap fasteners slidably mounted in respective horizontal slots can be moved to be aligned and pressed onto mating snap members in the waistband to secure the pads to the waistband or, alternatively, moved to expose the vertical slots to receive a pants belt laced through the waistband and vertical slots to secure the pads to the waistband.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.