Apparel – Guard or protector – Leg
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-20
2002-02-19
Vanatta, Amy B. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Guard or protector
Leg
C002S024000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06347403
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to kneepads and more particularly pertains to a new protective knee system for attaching a pair of kneepads to pair of pants to protect the wearer's knees.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of kneepads is known in the prior art. More specifically, kneepads heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,732,412; U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,211; U.S. Pat. No. 3,772,704; U.S. Pat. No. 5,594,954; U.S. Pat. No. 4,893,355; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 229,643.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new protective knee system. The inventive device includes a protective knee system. The system is comprised of a pair of pants. The pair of pants is comprised of a pair of leg portions that includes a first panel, a second panel, an inseam and a side seam. There is a plate that includes a first surface and a second surface. There is also a panel that includes a front side, a back side, a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of side edges. The plate is integrally attached to the front side of the panel. There is a fastening means for securing the panel to the pair of pants such that the pair of side edges of the panel are removably coupled to the inseam and the side seam of the pair of pants.
In these respects, the protective knee system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of attaching a pair of kneepads to pair of pants to protect the wearer's knees.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of kneepads now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new protective knee system construction wherein the same can be utilized for attaching a pair of kneepads to pair of pants to protect the wearer's knees.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new protective knee system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the kneepads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective knee system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art kneepads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a protective knee system. The system is comprised of a pair of pants. The pair of pants is comprised of a pair of leg portions that includes a first panel, a second panel, an inseam and a side seam. There is a plate that includes a first surface and a second surface. There is also a panel that includes a front side, a back side, a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of side edges. The plate is integrally attached to the front side of the panel. There is a fastening means for securing the panel to the pair of pants such that the pair of side edges of the panel are removably coupled to the inseam and the side seam of the pair of pants.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new protective knee system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the kneepads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective knee system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art kneepads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new protective knee system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new protective knee system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such protective knee system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system for attaching a pair of kneepads to pair of pants to protect the wearer's knees.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system which includes a protective knee system. The system is comprised of a pair of pants. The pair of pants is comprised of a pair of leg portions that includes a first panel, a second panel, an inseam and a side seam. There is a plate that includes a first surface and a second surface. There is also a panel that includes a front side, a back side, a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of side edges. The plate is integrally attached to the front side of the panel. There is a fastening means for securing the panel to the pair of pants such that the pair of side edges of the panel are removably coupled to the inseam and the side seam of the pair of pants.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system that is easily worn and removed.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective knee system that reduces the likelihood of the pants of the wearer bunching up around the wearer's knees.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are
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