Pants with hip protectors

Details Pants with hip protectors Pants with hip protectors

1997-06-12

1998-11-17

Hale, Gloria M.

Apparel

Guard or protector

Leg

2455, 2228, 2 69, A41D 1300

Patent

active

058360158

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to pants having protectors in order to decrease the occurrence ratio of injuries such as bone fractures of a neck of a femur due to falling.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Elderly or physically debilitated persons easily fall down even in usual walking and often suffer a fracture or the like. However, there have been effective measures to prevent such incidents heretofore. Therefore, a hip protector for protecting the neck of a femur from the outside has recently been developed. This hip protector is formed into an approximately domed shape so as to cover a portion corresponding to the neck of the femur and is available for not only elderly persons but also sportsmen.
However, means for easy installation of the above newly developed protector at a specific position have not yet been developed. Since the above protector is formed into an approximately domed shape, the protector must be fixed exactly to cover a portion corresponding to the neck of the femur in order to protect the neck of the femur by employing this hip protector. It is generally suggested that the protector should be fixed by means of a belt. For example, the protector can be fixed by winding a belt around the hip and connecting the belt to an end of the hip protector with a band or the like as in a gun belt while winding another belt around the thigh to fix the other end of the protector. However, it is difficult for a person to walk with such a belt on one's thigh and also to put on or take off the belt.
Besides, it is proposed to attach the hip protector removably on a reverse side of trousers or the like. For example, there is a method of installing magic tape on both of the hip protectors and the reverse side of trousers, or a method of installing a removable adhesive agent only on the hip protector. However, the former method has drawbacks related to the trouble of installing magic tape in all trousers at hand and also related to difficulties in fixing surely on a portion corresponding to the neck of the femur because trousers are usually loose-fitting. On the other hand, the latter method has the drawback that an adhesive agent itself cannot work with repeated use.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,134,726 discloses a pair of sports pants with protective hip pads arranged in pockets at the hip areas. It is disclosed to use flexible pads for a protection of a person during sports activities. Even though the hip pads would give protection in some situations then it would not give sufficient protection to protect a fragile neck of a femur of elderly debilitated persons.


OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to provide pants with protectors which do not become a nuisance when walking, which are easy to put on and take off, and which can protect the neck of the femur.


DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

To accomplish the above object, pants with hip protectors according to this invention have a belly portion, a buttock portion and a crotch portion positioned between openings for both legs, each of the hip protectors being formed into an approximately domed shape so as to cover a portion corresponding to a neck of a femur, each of said hip protectors being flexible, each of the hip protectors being located in a pocket means at positions corresponding to the neck of the femur on both sides of right and left when the pants are being worn, and that the hip protectors have flexibility with the following flat compressive strength (A) and lateral compressive strength (B): kgf), kgf). invention so as to confront the neck of the femur on both sides of the body when the pants are being worn. Therefore, if a person wears the pants with protectors, each hip protector is located at a portion so as to confront the neck of the femur. In detail, if a person puts on the pants with protectors, the hip protectors can always be situated on exact positions so as to protect the necks of the femurs without trouble in locating the necks of the femurs and arranging the hip protectors on port

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