Apparel – Guard or protector – Body cover
Patent
1979-04-30
1981-06-16
Hunter, H. Hampton
Apparel
Guard or protector
Body cover
A41D 1300
Patent
active
042728479
ABSTRACT:
A lightweight baseball catcher's chest protector that permits circulation of air to the user's body, one that does not absorb perspiration even after prolonged useage, has a minimum restrictive action on the movement of the user thereof, and minimizes the tendency of a missed baseball that strikes the chest protector to bounce therefrom in an unpredictable direction. The chest protector is adapted for use not only by a catcher but also an umpire. The protective pad of the present invention is of sufficient size to at least cover the chest of a user, and is defined by an organic foamed material that is pliable and laterally deformable when a portion thereof is struck by a baseball. The foam material after being struck by a baseball returns but slowly to its initial configuration and as a result there is no tendency of a missed baseball to strike the protector to bounce therefrom. The protective pad may have a number of spaced openings extending laterally therethrough that serve not only to lighten the pads, but also to permit substantial circulation of air through the pad to the user's body. The pad is enveloped in a film of pliable polymerized resin that is water impervious, and as a result the pad has no tendency to absorb perspiration from a catcher or a user even after prolonged useage.
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Babcock William C.
Hunter H. Hampton
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