Patent Application
20170238629
The disclosure relates to knee pad devices and more particularly pertains to a new knee pad device for coupling knee pads to pant legs.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of pants that may be worn. The pants including a pair of legs and each of the legs has an inside surface. A pair of cushions is provided and each of the cushions is removably coupled to the pants. Each of the cushions is aligned with an associated one of a pair of a user's knees. Thus, each of the cushions may cushion the associated knee when the user kneels. Each of the cushions is positioned on the inside surface to conceal each of the cushions.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of cushions 22 is provided. Each of the cushions 22 is removably coupled to the pants 12. Each of the cushions 22 is aligned with an associated one of a pair of a user's 24 knees 26 when the user 24 wears the pants 12. Thus, each of the cushions 22 may cushion the associated knee 26 when the user 24 kneels. Each of the cushions 22 is positioned on the inside surface 16 thereby facilitating each of the cushions 22 to be concealed.
Each of the cushions 22 comprises a first pad 28 that has a first surface 30, a second surface 32 and a peripheral edge 34 extending between the first surface 30 and the second surface 32. The peripheral edge 34 is continuous and the first pad 28 has an ovoid shape. The peripheral edge 34 has a first lateral side 36 and a second lateral side 38. The first pad 28 is elongated along the first lateral side 36 and the second lateral side 38.
The first pad 28 has a cupped section 40 and the cupped section 40 is concavely arcuate with respect to the second surface 32. Thus, the cupped section 40 surrounds the associated knee 26 when the pants 12 are worn. The cupped section 40 is centrally positioned on the first pad 28. The first lateral side 36 extends outwardly from the cupped section 40 to define a first tab 42 of the first pad 28. The second lateral side 38 extends outwardly from the cupped section 40 to define a second tab 44 of the first pad 28. The first pad 28 is comprised of a deformable material such as thermoplastic elastomer or the like.
A second pad 46 is coupled to the first pad 28. The second pad 46 abuts the knee 26 when the user 24 bends thereby facilitating the second pad 46 to cushion the knee 26. The second pad 46 is coextensive with the second surface 32 corresponding to the cupped section 40. The second pad 46 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as polyurethane or the like.
A pair of first couplers 48 is provided and each of the first couplers 48 is coupled to the pair of pants 12. The first couplers 48 are positioned on the inside surface 16. One of the first couplers 48 is aligned with the inseam 18. One of the first couplers 48 is aligned with the outseam 20.
A plurality of second couplers 50 is provided. Each of the second couplers 50 is coupled to the first pad 28. Each of the second couplers 50 is positioned on the first surface 30. The second couplers 50 are complementary with respect to the first couplers 48. Thus, the first pad 28 is removably retained on the pants 12 thereby facilitating the first pad 28 to be resiliently aligned with the associated knee 26.
The second couplers 50 include a first set of second couplers 52 that are spaced apart from each other and distributed along the first tab 42. Each of the first set of second couplers 52 engages the first coupler 48 corresponding to the inseam 18. The second couplers 50 include a second set of second couplers 54 that are spaced apart from each other and distributed along the second tab 44. Each of the second set of second couplers 50 engages the first coupler 48 corresponding to the outseam 20. Each of the first couplers 48 and the second couplers 50 may comprise a hook and loop fastener or the like.
In use, each of the cushions 22 is positioned in the associated leg 14 of the pants 12. The second couplers 50 corresponding to each of the cushions are coupled to the associated first couplers 48. The pants 12 are worn. Each of the cushions 22 protects the user's knees 26 when the user 24 kneels. Each of the cushions 22 is substantially concealed with the user 24 stands thereby enhancing an appearance of the pants 12. Each of the cushions 22 is removed from the pants 12 when the pants 12 are laundered.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
