Leg protecting apparatus

Claim 1

Leg protecting apparatus including a calf cover portion and a cover supporting portion; said calf cover portion including a main section having a generally rectangular configuration with shorter upper and lower edges and longer side edges, an ankle covering section extending downwardly from said lower edge of said main section, said ankle covering section having a generally arcuate configuration with a width substantially the same as the width of said main section, said main section and said ankle covering section being formed from a woven fabric material, said fabric material being a tightly woven flexible moisture and grease resistant smooth flat fabric; said cover supporting portion including a pair of spaced elongated strap members, said strap members being disposed substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of said main section, said strap members being formed of moisture and grease resistant flat woven material, said strap members being of different lengths, the longer of said strap members being secured to said main section along said upper edge thereof with free ends extending substantially equal lengths beyond each side edge of said main section, the shorter of said strap members being secured to said lower edge of said main section adjacent the juncture thereof with said ankle covering section, free ends of said shorter strap member extending substantially equal lengths beyond each side edge of said main section, said free ends of each strap member including cooperating pairs of engageable fabric fastener sections, one of each pair including an elongated hooked fabric section and the other of each pair including an elongated napped fabric section, one section of each pair being disposed on a front face of one free end of a strap member and the other of the said pair being disposed on a reverse face of the other free end of the same strap member, said hooked and napped fabric fastener sections having widths approximating the width of said strap members; whereby said leg protecting apparatus can be carried in a small folded configuration of a size approximating in one dimension the width of said main section and in the other dimension the width of said strap members, unfolded into an open flat configuration, wrapped around the right leg of a bicylce rider with said main section against the inside of the calf and said ankle covering section extending over the ankle of the rider, the free ends of the strap members extended around the calf and secured to one another in an overlapping relationship by engaging said cooperating hooked and napped fabric fastener sections and thereby protect the calf of the rider when pedaling a bicycle.