Limb guard having a one-piece shock absorbing member with different thickness sections

Claim 1

A limb guard for protecting a part of a limb from an external impact force, comprising: an elongate pad member adapted to shield the part of the limb, and adapted to extend in a lengthwise direction of the part of the limb, said elongate pad member having a rear surface adapted to face the part of the limb, and a front surface; an elongate sheet layer attached to said elongate pad member at two longitudinal lateral end portions thereof so as to define an accommodation space between said elongate sheet layer and said elongate pad member; and a one-piece shock absorbing member inserted in said accommodation space, and having a longitudinally extending central section of a first thickness adapted to resist and consequently absorb the external impact force applied thereon, and two lateral wing sections integrally formed with and extending laterally from two longitudinal edges of said central section and respectively of a second thickness smaller than said first thickness to form a flexing juncture between said central section and each of said lateral wing sections so that each of said lateral wing sections is adapted to flex toward the part of the limb relative to said central section along a corresponding one of said flexing junctures to conform with and fit contour of the part of the limb.