JPS6334749B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a protective pad that protects joints such as knees, elbows, shoulders, and other parts that are subject to impact.

Conventionally, some protective pads have a circular or U-shaped patch sewn onto the surface of the supporter, but these patches are located in the center of the joint. It was not possible to sufficiently protect the surrounding sides, and the patch could not be smoothly bent along the joint. In addition, when a stretchable fabric is made by arranging several patch pieces in a flat shape and sewing them together, the fabric stretches when bent, creating gaps between the patch pieces and weakening the cushioning between them.

The present invention improves such drawbacks and has various features, and is intended to improve joints such as knees, elbows, and shoulders, shins, hips,
In protection parts such as arms, necks, etc., the side protection pieces are moved outward with respect to the protection pieces of the main body part, and both the protection pieces reliably protect the entire protection part, and the protection pieces are smoothly bent and stretched. It is something that can be done.

To explain with reference to the drawings below, the protection part 1
The surface of the cushioning body 2 made of felt, rubber foam, polyurethane foam, vinyl chloride foam, polystyrene foam, polyethylene foam, or other cushioning material is made of leather,
A main body cover piece 4a and a side cover piece 4b are formed by covering with a surface cover 3 made of synthetic leather, a synthetic resin sheet, cloth, or the like. The side cover pieces are arranged in parallel, and the main body cover pieces are overlapped so as to cross over the side cover pieces,
When attached to joints such as knees, elbows, shoulders, and other protective parts, when bent, the center part of the side piece moves outward as shown by the two-dot chain line in the illustration, and then returns to its original position. Sewing the ends 7 of the main body cover piece and the side cover piece,
They are connected by adhesive etc. Both of the above-mentioned contact pieces 4a,
The shape of 4b is that the main body part is approximately circular, approximately elliptical,
Rectangular, etc., and the side pads are approximately semicircular, approximately semielliptical, rectangular, etc., respectively, and other shapes such as knees, elbows, shoulders, shins,
They are made in various shapes that make it easy to contact the crotch, arms, neck, etc.

In the case shown in the first and second figures, the side cover pieces are made of polyurethane foam and are integrally molded into a roughly elliptical half shape, and the surface of the cushion is covered with a synthetic leather cover, and these are separated at appropriate intervals 5. The main body is covered with leather on the front surface and a synthetic leather outer cover on the back side of the cushioning body, which is arranged in parallel with openings, and is integrally molded into a roughly oval shape from the same material as the side cover pieces above. The parts are overlapping. Both of these contact pieces 4a,
4b has its edges covered with tape, ribbon or other thin strip 6
The overlapping ends 7 are wrapped and sewn with the above-mentioned thin strips, but it is also possible to use this as a staple or to weld the edges of the cushioning body and the outer cover. Can be done. The above distance is approximately
Although the length is 2.5 cm, the length may be approximately 2 to 6 cm depending on the joint used. The cushioning material can be made by stacking several thin plates, or by making the upper and lower parts soft and the middle part hard, or, as shown in Figure 3, a notch 8 is provided around the material in between to make it easier to bend. A reinforcing piece such as a flexible plastic piece may be provided inside for reinforcement. Note that the protective pad can be provided in a continuous manner with the above-mentioned arrangement by making the pieces smaller depending on the position to be protected. In the case shown in FIG. 5, the side cover pieces are in mutual contact with each other, and in FIG. 6, the main body and the side cover pieces are connected by an elastic connecting band 9. In FIG. 7, a strip 10 such as a string or rubber cord is provided between the side pads, and the amount of opening of the pads is regulated by the strip.

The above-mentioned protective pads are sewn or glued directly onto sports clothing such as training wear, ski wear, children's clothing, and other clothing, but the ones shown in Figures 8 and 9 have loops or other locks on the surface. An intermediate layer having a stretchable fiber layer 11 of knitted fabric, pile fabric or the like having strips, and formed of a foam plastic material 12 of stretchable and elastic rubber foam, polyurethane foam, vinyl chloride foam, polystyrene foam or the like on the back side. The layer is provided by adhesion, welding or other means, and is preferably composed of a base material 13 having stretchable, hygroscopic fabric, non-woven fabric or other fabric on the back side as shown in the figure, and a hook-and-loop fastener or the like on the end thereof. A band-shaped retainer 15 provided with an engaging portion 14 is sewn to the upper and lower portions of the protective pad, and the retainer is fixed to the protective portion.

In the case shown in FIG. 10, a substantially horizontal H-shaped retaining body 16 is formed using a base material having almost the same elasticity as the base material of the band-shaped retaining body, and a protective pad is attached to the periphery of the retaining body 16 at approximately the center thereof. It is sewn along the
A notch 17 is provided on the back surface of the retaining body, and a cushion material such as a towel, felt, or sponge is inserted into the notch to further soften the impact. In addition, the protective pads may be provided in the lateral direction on the retaining body 18 of the cylindrical supporter knitted with stretchable elastic threads as shown in FIG. 11.

Since the present invention is configured in this way, the knee,
When a joint such as an elbow or shoulder, a shin, a crotch, an arm, a neck area, or other protective part receives an impact, the main body part in the central part, the side part that overlaps this, and the body part part and the side part When the central part of the cover moves outward, the space formed between them softens the impact, and the double cushioning effect protects the protective part. The cover pieces move outward to fully cover the side surfaces of the protection part, and these two cover pieces can reliably protect the entire protection part, allowing the protection part to receive sufficient impact from various directions. It won't hurt you. In addition, since the side pieces can be moved outward, the protective part can be smoothly bent and stretched, and when they are moved, air flows between the side pieces so that the protective part does not get stuffy. can be used for. Further, if a retaining body is provided on the above-mentioned cover piece, it can be attached and detached more easily.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is an enlarged end view taken along the line -- in FIG.
The figure is a front view showing an example of a buffer body, FIGS. 4 to 7 are front views and rear views showing other embodiments, and FIG.
10 and 11 are a rear view and a front view showing the installed state, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the use state of FIG. 8. 1 is a protection pad, 4a is a main body part cover piece, 4b is a side cover piece, 7 is an end part, and 15, 16, 18 are retainers.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Has a cushioning property and includes a main body part and a side part that are applied to joints such as knees, elbows, shoulders, etc. and other protective parts, and the side parts are arranged in parallel and extend over the main part part and side part part. A protection pad in which the main body part cover pieces are overlapped and the ends of the main body part cover pieces and the side cover pieces are joined together so that the center part of the side cover pieces can be moved outward. 2. The protective pad according to claim 1, wherein a retainer is provided on the side cover piece.