US5594954A
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Knee-pad and elbow-pad
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-03-11
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Granted: 1997-01-21
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Expires: 2016-03-11
Abstract
Abstract A knee-pad or an elbow-pad has a body made of a layer of lining, a layer of buffer and a surface cloth by means of thermal pressing process. The body has an intermediate, an upper and a lower portion. The intermediate portion additionally has a bowl-shaped plate on an upper surface. The upper and the lower portion respectively have plural lateral ribs on the surface, and each of the ribs has elastic means consisting of an elastic tube and soft metal wires extending in the tube, and grooves are formed between every two ribs so that the body may be easily bent or straightened according to movement of the knee of a user.
Inventors
- 👤 Cheng-Yen Huang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:37
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D13/00; A41D13/05; A41D13/06; A41D13/065; A41D13/08; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/08; A63B71/12; A63B71/1225; A63B2071/125; A63B2071/1258
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A knee-pad or an elbow-pad comprising: a body with its periphery sewn with a protective rim; a protective plate provided in an intermediate portion of said body between an upper portion and a lower portion thereof, covering the knee of a user; a plurality of binding means sewn on an upper end and a lower end of said body; and characterized by said body made integral of a layer of lining, a lay of buffer, and a surface cloth by means of thermal pressing process, said body curving from the middle to the upper portion, the lower portion, to the right side and to the left side, by a plurality of lateral ribs spaced apart equidistantly in the upper and the lower portion, by grooves formed between every two of said lateral ribs in the upper portion and the lower portion of said body, by each said rib having an elastic means wrapped inside, by said body having a bowl-shaped protective portion formed in the intermediate portion, and by said body easily being bent for a large angle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A knee-pad or an elbow-pad comprising: a body with its periphery sewn with a protective rim; a protective plate provided in an intermediate portion of said body between an upper portion and a lower portion thereof, covering the knee of a user; a plurality of binding means sewn on an upper end and a lower end of said body; and characterized by said body made integral of a layer of lining, a lay of buffer, and a surface cloth by means of thermal pressing process, said body curving from the middle to the upper portion, the lower portion, to the right side and to the left side, by a plurality of lateral ribs spaced apart equidistantly in the upper and the lower portion, by grooves formed between every two of said lateral ribs in the upper portion and the lower portion of said body, by each said rib having an elastic means wrapped inside, by said body having a bowl-shaped protective portion formed in the intermediate portion, and by said body easily being bent for a large angle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The knee-pad or the elbow-pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastic means in each said rib consists of a small elastic tube and soft metal wires extending in said small elastic tube, able to bend easily to form a curve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The knee-pad or the elbow-pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastic means of each said rib is made of soft metal bar able to bend as a curve.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The knee-pad or the elbow-pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein said buffer is made of elastic foam rubber having good shock-absorbing function.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The knee-pad or the elbow-pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rim is made of colored cloth, adding visional pleasure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
The knee-pad or the elbow-pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein said binding means is an elastic strip with two hook and loop type fastener strips sewn respectively on two ends of said elastic strip so that said knee-pad or the elbow may be quickly bound on or released from the knee or the elbow by engaging said two hook and loop type fastener strips together or disengaging them from each other.
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