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 Title: |
US6029273:
Protective device for use in active sports and work activities
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
McCrane, David P.; Napa, CA 94558
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2000-02-29
/ 1996-05-21
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| Application Number: |
US1996000651991
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 13/06;
IPC-7:
A41D 13/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D13/06B; K41D13/015H;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/024;
002/016;
002/022;
002/908;
Original:
002/024;
002/022;
002/016;
002/908;
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| Field of Search: |
002/024,16,455,22,908
602/026,20
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-05-21 |
US1996000651991 |
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| Abstract: |
A protective device which can be employed for preventing injuries to a person's limbs in active sports and work activities. The device is comprised of a cushioning pad, a replaceable wear cap and a fastening structure which releasably fastens between the inner surface of the wear cap and the outer surface of the cushioning pad. The cushioning pad is adapted to fit about a limb of the user. The fastening structure includes a first layer which is comprised of a material having a plurality of loops, and a second layer comprised of a material having a plurality of hooks. The hooks of the second layer are unidirectional and when the two layers are brought into facing contact the hooks and loops interengage in a manner so that the wear cap has a greater resistance to force components vectored opposite the common direction in which the hooks face. A method of releasing the wear cap from the cushioning pad includes moving the edge of a blade-like tool through the interface between the two layers along the common direction so that the two layers disengage and separate.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Flehr Hohbach Test Albritton & Herbert LLP ;
Backus, Richard E. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mohanty, Bibhu;
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| Maintenance Status: |
CC Certificate of Correction issued
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A protective device for use in active sports and work activities for protecting the limb of a user from injury, the device comprising the combination of a cushioning pad having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface being adapted for fitting about portions of the user's limb for attachment thereto; a replaceable wear cap having an inner face, said wear cap being formed of a material having a strength which is effective to substantially resist forces from contact with a surface or object; a fastening structure which is releasably carried between the inner surface of the wear cap and the outer surface of the cushioning pad, the fastening structure comprising a first layer formed of a material having a plurality of loops and a second layer formed of a material having a plurality of hooks, said hooks being formed with standing portions which terminate in distal ends and with the distal ends of at least a portion of the hooks being adapted for releasable interengagement with portions of the loops when the layers are brought into facing contact, the second layer comprising a first segment and a second segment, said hooks in the first segment being substantially unidirectional with their distal ends pointing in a first direction and said hooks in the second segment being substantially unidirectional with their distal ends pointing in a second direction which diverges at a predetermined angle relative to the first direction.
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| Forward References: |
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