The invention relates to athletic garments having adjustable jock cup pouches and padded knee supports to protect a person's body. More particularly, the athletic garments are pants having a body with releasable fasteners for holding jock cup pouches in selected adjustable positions and legs connected to padded knee supports that protect a person's knees and legs from external impact forces.
Greek and Roman legionnaires used body armor as protective covering as a defense against weapons and projectiles. This armor included breast, hip and leg members to protect the body and legs of legionnaires. Body armor is presently in use by the police and military. Protective sport garments are used in contact sports, such as baseball, softball, hockey, soccer, football and rugby. These garments include sport pants and trousers having jock cups and pads for protection from impacting forces from balls, sticks and player contact. Examples of protective sport garments are discloses in the following U.S. Patents.
W. T. Stall in U.S. Pat. No. 759,833 discloses a padded garment comprising a trouser having a plurality of pads permanently secured to the outer surface of its body and legs. The inner surface of the trouser is smooth and adapted to fit the wearer without irritation due to the pads. The pads include left and right thigh pads permanently secured to the materials of the trouser legs with stitching.
J. W. Atack et al in U.S. Pat. No. 4,035 discloses a trouser undergarment made of elastic stretchable material designed to fit the contours of the body of a person. Auxiliary pockets at the knees and thighs accommodate padding. The thigh pockets are stitched only on three sides with the top open to permit the insertion of padding.
W. L. Hull in U.S. Pat. No. 4,561,123 discloses a knee-pad having a flexible pad member attached above and below a person's knee. The pad member is attached to the legs of pants with releasable fasteners or straps having releasable connectors.
J. T. Ross in U.S. Pat. No. 5,134,726 discloses a sport pants having a trunk and legs of elastic stretchable material with hip and knee pockets for accommodating pads of resilient closed cell foam material which are removable and replaceable in the pockets for protection of the wearer. The front of the pants has a pocket for a pad or cup. The sport pants is washable underwear with padding to mitigate scrapes and bruises in athletic competition and games.
D. C. Strickland and M. T. Cheatwood in U.S. Pat. No. 6,161,222 discloses an athletic garment with guard members to protect the athletic inner thighs. The legs of the garment have pockets on the inside of the thigh portions of the garment's legs for holding pads. The pads are flexible so that they will conform to the shape of the thigh and bend when the athlete moves. In use, the pads absorb impact and shock forces of a ball or other blow to the inner thigh during sport activities. The pads are not removable from the pockets. The positions of the pads relative to the legs of the garment are not adjustable, as the pads are in fixed positions within the pockets.
The objects and advantages of the invention are embodied in the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings of a preferred embodiments of the athletic garment with adjustable jock cup pouches and padded knee supports.
The invention is a compression or a loose fitting athletic pants having an adjustable pouch for a jock cup and padded knee supports for protecting and supporting a person's knees. The pants has a body joined to an annular waist band and a pair of downwardly extended legs adapted to fit around to waist and legs of a person. The pouch for the jock cup is connected with releasable fasteners to the waist band that allow the location of the pouch to be adjusted to accommodate the body and organs of the person. The pouch location is vertically and horizontally adjustable to provide a comfortable fit of the jock cup. The releasable fasteners are hook and loop connectors secured to the waist band and a horizontal strap attached to the top of the pouch. The jock cup has a rigid convex curved V-shaped member having a continuous outer peripheral edge. A cylindrical cushion of compressible material has a slot accommodating the peripheral edge and securing the cushion to the member. The member has a plurality of air ventilation holes. In one embodiment of the invention the legs of the pants have knee sections that are adapted to extend around a person's knees. Supports attached to the knee sections extend around the knees to protect and support the person's knees. Each support has a body member attached with connectors to a knee section of the pants and a pair of arms joined to the body member. The body member and arms have flexible compression material that surround the knee section of the legs of the pants. Releasable connectors, such as hook and loop connectors, attach the arms to the body member to retain the support around the knee of the person and apply compression force to the knee.
The following detailed description of the athletic garment with an adjustable jock cup pouch and padded knee supports is made with reference to the accompanying drawing by way of illustration of specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
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Several preferred embodiments have been shown and described for carrying out the invention. Changes in the structures, materials and arrangements of the elements of the athletic garment described herein can be made by persons skilled in the art without departing from the invention.
This application claims the benefit of the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/763,130 filed Jan. 30, 2006.
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