Knee protecting device

Claim 2

A knee protecting device for use by a carpet installer to engage the kicking pad of a carpet stretcher during the installation of carpets and the like, said knee protecting device comprising: (a) a semi-rigid body member having a greater length than width, said semi-rigid body member being bowed widthwise and having a concave inner surface configured to conform generally to the shape of a knee; (b) a resilient layer having one surface secured to said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer at said one surface thereof having a configuration conforming to the shape of said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer having another surface oppositely directed with respect to said one surface thereof for confronting a knee of the carpet installer; and (c) fastening means secured to said semi-rigid body member for attaching the knee protecting device to the carpet installer so that said other surface of said resilient layer confronts the knee of the carpet installer, (d) said semi-rigid body member having a convex outer surface, said knee protecting device comprising a plurality of ribs disposed on said convex outer surface and extending from said convex outer surface for engaging the kicking pad of the carpet stretcher, said ribs being disposed angular distances apart along said convex outer surface of said semi-rigid body member.

Claim 3

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ribs at one end thereof converge centrally along said convex outer surface and at the other end thereof project in a radially outward direction.

Claim 4

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said ribs are respectively configured to conform to the contour of said convex surface of said semi-rigid body member in the radial direction of said ribs.

Claim 5

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said other surface of said resilient layer has a configuration conforming generally to the shape of the concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member.

Claim 6

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 4 wherein said convex inner surface of said semi-rigid body member and said other surface of said resilient layer are configured to conform generally to the anterior portion of the knee of a carpet installer and the anterior portion of the thigh of a carpet installer immediately above the knee of a carpet installer.

Claim 7

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said semi-rigid body member includes a side wall along each side thereof, each of said side walls having a lower section and an upper section, each of said side walls has a downwardly and inwardly declining wall at the lower section thereof and an upwardly and inwardly inclining wall at the upper section thereof to facilitate movement by a carpet installer.

Claim 8

A knee protecting device for use by a carpet installer to engage the kicking pad of a carpet stretcher during the installation of carpets and the like, said knee protecting device comprising: (a) a semi-rigid body member having a greater length than width, said semi-rigid body member being bowed widthwise and having a concave inner surface configured to conform generally to the shape of a knee; (b) a resilient layer having one surface secured to said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer at said one surface thereof having a configuration conforming to the shape of said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer having another surface oppositely directed with respect to said one surface thereof for confronting a knee of the carpet installer; and (c) fastening means secured to said semi-rigid body member for attaching the knee protecting device to the carpet installer so that said other surface of said resilient layer confronts the knee of the carpet installer, (d) said other surface of said resilient layer having a configuration conforming generally to the shape of the concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, (e) said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member and said other surface of said resilient layer being configured to conform generally to the anterior portion of the knee of the carpet installer and to the anterior portion of the thigh of the carpet installer immediately above the knee of the carpet; and (f) said semi-rigid body member including a side wall along each side thereof, each of said side walls having a lower section and an upper section, each of said side walls having a downwardly and inwardly declining wall at the lower section thereof and an upwardly and inwardly inclining wall at the upper section thereof to facilitate movement by a carpet installer.

Claim 9

A knee protecting device for use by a carpet installer to engage the kicking pad of a carpet stretcher during the installation of carpets and the like, said knee protecting device comprising: (a) a semi-rigid body member having a greater length than width, said semi-rigid body member being bowed widthwise and having a concave inner surface configured to conform generally to the shape of a knee; (b) a resilient layer having one surface secured to said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer at said one surface thereof having a configuration conforming to the shape of said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer having another surface oppositely directed with respect to said one surface thereof for confronting a knee of the carpet installer; and (c) fastening means secured to said semi-rigid body member for attaching the knee protecting device to the carpet installer so that said other surface of said resilient layer confronts the knee of the carpet installer, (d) said other surface of said resilient layer having a configuration conforming generally to the shape of the concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, (e) said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member and said other surface of said resilient layer being configured to conform generally to the anterior portion of the knee of the carpet installer and to the anterior portion of the thigh of the carpet installer immediately above the knee of the carpet; and (f) said semi-rigid body member including a side wall along each side thereof, each of said side walls having a lower section and an upper section, each of said side walls having a downwardly and inwardly declining wall at the lower section thereof and an upwardly and inwardly inclining wall at the upper section thereof to facilitate movement by a carpet installer.

Claim 10

A knee protecting device as claimed in claim 7 wherein said inclining walls and said declining walls have arcuate configurations.

Claim 11

A knee protecting device for use by a carpet installer to engage the kicking pad of a carpet stretcher during the installation of carpets and the like, said knee protecting device comprising: (a) a semi-rigid body member having a greater length than width, said semi-rigid body member being bowed widthwise and having a concave inner surface configured to conform generally to the shape of a knee; (b) a resilient layer having one surface secured to said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer at said one surface thereof having a configuration conforming to the shape of said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer having another surface oppositely directed with respect to said one surface thereof for confronting a knee of the carpet installer; and (c) fastening means secured to said semi-rigid body member for attaching the knee protecting device to the carpet installer so that said other surface of said resilient layer confronts the knee of the carpet installer, (d) said semi-rigid body member having a convex outer surface, said knee protecting device comprising a plurality of ribs on the convex outer surface of said semi-rigid body member and extending along said convex outer surface for engaging the kicking pad of the carpet stretcher, said ribs being disposed angular distances apart along said convex outer surface of said semi-rigid body member, said ribs at one end thereof converge centrally along said convex outer surface and at the other end thereof project in a radially outward direction, said ribs being respectively configured to conform to the contour of said convex surface of said semi-rigid body member in the radial direction of said ribs, (e) said other surface of said resilient layer having a configuration conforming generally to the shape of the concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member and said other surface of said resilient layer are configured to conform generally to the anterior portion of the knee of a carpet installer and the anterior portion of the thigh of a carpet installer immediately above the knee of a carpet installer, (f) said semi-rigid body member including a side wall along each side thereof, each of said side walls having a downwardly and inwardly declining wall at the lower section thereof and an upwardly and inwardly inclining wall at the upper section thereof to facilitate movement by a carpet installer, said inclining walls and said declining walls having arcuate configurations.

Claim 12

A knee protecting device for use by a carpet installer to engage the kicking pad of a carpet stretcher during the installation of carpets and the like, said knee protecting device comprising: (a) a semi-rigid body member having a greater length than width, said semi-rigid body member being bowed widthwise and having a concave inner surface configured to conform generally to the shape of a knee; (b) a resilient layer having one surface secured to said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer at said one surface thereof having a configuration conforming to the shape of said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said resilient layer having another surface oppositely directed with respect to said one surface thereof for confronting a knee of the carpet installer; and (c) fastening means secured to said semi-rigid body member for attaching the knee protecting device to the carpet installer so that said other surface of said resilient layer confronts the knee of the carpet installer, (d) said semi-rigid body member having a convex outer surface, said knee protecting device comprising a plurality of ribs on the convex outer surface of said semi-rigid body member and extending along said convex outer surface for engaging the kicking pad of the carpet stretcher, said ribs being disposed angular distances apart along said convex outer surface of said semi-rigid body member, said ribs at one end thereof converge centrally along said convex outer surface and at the other end thereof project in a radially outward direction, said ribs being respectively configured to conform to the contour of said convex surface of said semi-rigid body member in the radial direction of said ribs, (e) said other surface of said resilient layer having a configuration conforming generally to the shape of the concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member, said concave inner surface of said semi-rigid body member and said other surface of said resilient layer are configured to conform generally to the anterior portion of the knee of a carpet installer and the anterior portion of the thigh of a carpet installer immediately above the knee of a carpet installer, (f) said semi-rigid body member including a side wall along each side thereof, each of said side walls having a downwardly and inwardly declining wall at the lower section thereof and an upwardly and inwardly inclining wall at the upper section thereof to facilitate movement by a carpet installer, said inclining walls and said declining walls having arcuate configurations.