Knee pad

Abstract

A knee pad for cushioning a human knee. The knee pad includes a cushion section having varied consistencies. The knee pad is held on the knee by two fastening straps. Each fastening strap is attached to the cushion section with buckles or similar fastening devices. A lower fastening strap has at least two closure devices, a first being a hook and eye fastening system and a second being a buckle fastening system.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure may be better understood and its numerous features and advantages made apparent to those skilled in the art by referencing the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a rear elevation view of the knee pad showing the upper fastening strap in an attached position in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view of the knee pad showing the upper fastening strap and the first closure device of the lower fastening strap in attached positions in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the knee pad showing the upper fastening strap and the second closure device of the lower fastening strap in attached positions in accordance with the invention; and

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the knee pad of FIG. 3 in accordance with the invention.

Claims

1. A knee pad comprising: a cushion section;an upper fastening strap including a first buckle fastening system; anda lower fastening strap including a hook and eye fastening system and a second buckle fastening system.

2. The knee pad of claim 1, wherein the first buckle fastening system comprises a female buckle component attached to a cushion section upper portion first border and a strap attached to a cushion section upper portion second border, the strap adjustably receivable in a male buckle component.

3. The knee pad of claim 1, wherein the hook and eye fastening system comprises a first component formed on an outside surface and proximate an end of a lower fastening strap second segment and a second component formed on an inside surface and proximate an end of a lower fastening strap first segment.

4. The knee pad of claim 3, wherein the second buckle fastening system comprises a female buckle component attached on the outside surface of the lower fastening strap second segment in spaced relationship to the hook and eye fastening system first component, a strap attached to a cushion section lower portion first border and receivable through a plurality of loops formed on an outside surface of the lower fastening strap first segment, and a male buckle component, the strap adjustably receivable in the male buckle component.

5. A knee pad comprising: a cushion section;an upper fastening strap including a first buckle fastening system, the first buckle fastening system having a first female buckle component attached to a cushion section upper portion first border and a first strap attached to a cushion section upper portion second border, the first strap adjustably receivable in a first male buckle component; anda lower fastening strap including a hook and eye fastening system and a second buckle fastening system, the hook and eye fastening system having a first component formed on an outside surface and proximate an end of a lower fastening strap second segment and a second component formed on an inside surface and proximate an end of a lower fastening strap first segment, the second buckle fastening system having a second female buckle component attached on the outside surface of the lower fastening strap second segment in spaced relationship to the hook and eye fastening system first component, a second strap attached to a cushion section lower portion first border and receivable through a plurality of loops formed on an outside surface of the lower fastening strap first segment, and a second male buckle component, the strap adjustably receivable in the male buckle component.