Apparel – Guard or protector
Patent
1997-06-13
2000-03-28
Neas, Michael A.
Apparel
Guard or protector
2227, A41D 1300
Patent
active
060414472
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to leisure trousers and particularly to leisure trousers adapted to be fashionable and usable for participating in various sport activities.
Among other reasons, due to the leisure time available in increasing amounts in the past years, sports such as snow boarding, roller skating, inline skating and similar have developed and encountered overwhelming acceptance, with young people in particular.
The major part of these types of sports, the above-cited in particular, however, presupposes great body charging that in case of a fall may result in injury to different parts of the body, for example to the knees, elbows and other body parts. Therefore, there is of course a great need for protection of these body parts with respect thereto, which need up to now was satisfied for the knees and elbows by knee pads and elbow pads that are directly fastened to the body parts over existing clothing and held in place with the aid of elastic belts. Fixation of the pads or protective devices in the above-mentioned way, however, is decidedly uncomfortable and in terns of aesthetical consideration is very disadvantageous, and possibly may result in the protectors not being worn at all so that the total risk of injuries increases. As far as the protection of the hip bone and the base of the spine are concerned, protection of these regions using traditional pads is possible only in a very limited manner since it is very difficult to fasten pads to the desired regions of the hips and the end of the spine by using elastic belts.
For this reason there is a need for leisure trousers that technically are designed such that the protective upholster pads in correspondence with the kind of sport to be executed can be selectively positioned within the leisure trousers efficiently, without the pads being visible from the outside so that the fashionable appearance of the leisure trousers is maintained. It is also possible to wear the trousers without the pads.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, the main object of the present invention to provide trousers having a fashionable design that permit efficient protection of body regions respectively exposed in dependence on the type of sports carried out, without the fashionable outward appearance of the trousers being impaired, wherein it is possible that the protection can simply be concentrated to specific selected regions of the body depending on the kind of sports executed.
In accordance with the present invention, leisure trousers with fashionable design are provided that in most different kinds and manners may be furnished with pockets, applique works or the like. Inside the trousers, fastening members are provided for, to which protector elements of different types can be fixed for protection of the body parts exposed in the different kinds of sports. If the trousers in accordance with the present invention are worn during inline skating, protection of the region of the knees and hips in particular is of interest. Other kinds of sports, snow boarding and the like, may require protection of different parts of the body.
In the preferred embodiment the protective elements are fastened to inner trousers that are suspended from the inner waistband of the leisure trousers. The inner trousers hold the protective elements in an advantageous manner in the desired positions without the external fashionable appearance of the leisure trousers being impaired. To permit the leisure trousers with the protective elements attached to the inside to be utilizable for the most different kinds of sports, it is conceivable to attach the protective elements detachably to the inner trousers using bur-type closures or to provide different inner trousers having rigidly fixed protective elements that are suspended in the leisure trousers depending on the kind of sports being played. Instead of the inner trousers bearing protective elements, it is, on the other hand, also conceivable that the protective elements themselves are provided with re
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