Patent Application
20160050989
The invention relates to a sports protective gear, more particularly to a sports protective gear that can enhance support of a joint and an auxiliary device therefor.
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To wear the protective gear 1 on the user's knee, the user pinches a top end portion of the protective main body 11 and pulls it upward until the protective main body 11 is fitted over the knee of the user. However, after repeated wear and removal of the protective gear 1, the top opening 12 is easily stretched out, and becomes larger and larger, so that the protecting effect of the protective main body 11 is lost.
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a sports protective gear that is capable of overcoming the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art.
Accordingly, a sports protective gear comprises a protective main body and an auxiliary device. The protective main body includes a stretchable protective sleeve that defines a wearing space for wearing by a user and that has a through hole which extends through inner and outer surfaces thereof to communicate with the wearing space and which is bounded by a boundary edge of the protective sleeve. The auxiliary device includes a finger operable member disposed in the through hole. The finger operable member includes a looped wall and two spaced-apart looped flanges. The looped wall defines a finger passage for a finger of a user to extend therethrough, and has an inner periphery proximal to the wearing space, and an outer periphery distal from the wearing space. The looped flanges project outwardly and respectively from the inner and outer peripheries of the looped wall, and cooperatively define therebetween an engaging groove which extends around the looped wall and which engages the boundary edge of the protective sleeve. The looped flanges respectively abut against the inner and outer surfaces of the protective sleeve.
Another object of this invention is to provide an auxiliary device for the aforesaid sports protective gear.
Accordingly, an auxiliary device is used for a sports protective gear having a protective main body that includes a stretchable protective sleeve. The protective sleeve defines a wearing space for wearing by a user and has a through hole which extends through inner and outer surfaces of the protective sleeve to communicate with the wearing space and which is bounded by a boundary edge of the protective sleeve. The auxiliary device comprises a finger operable member for disposal in the through hole and having a looped wall and two spaced-apart looped flanges. The looped wall defines a finger passage for a finger of a user to extend therethrough, and has an inner periphery adapted to be proximal to the wearing space, and an outer periphery that is adapted to be distal from the wearing space. The looped flanges project outwardly and respectively from the inner and outer peripheries of the looped wall, and cooperatively define therebetween an engaging groove which extends around the looped wall and which is adapted to engage the boundary edge of the protective sleeve. The looped flanges are adapted to respectively abut against the inner and outer surfaces of the protective sleeve.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
Before the present invention is described in greater detail, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have been used to denote like elements throughout the specification.
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The protective main body 2 includes a stretchable protective sleeve 21 having an outer surface 211 and an inner surface 212 opposite to the outer surface 211, and two through holes 22 extending through the inner and outer surfaces 212, 211 and spaced apart in a left-right direction. The inner surface 212 defines a wearing space 23 for wearing by the user 5. The wearing space 23 communicates with the through holes 22. In this embodiment, the protective sleeve 21 is tubular, and has a top opening 24 at a top end thereof, and a bottom opening 24′ at a bottom end thereof. The through holes 22 are proximate to the top opening 24. Each through hole 22 is bounded by a boundary edge 221 of the protective sleeve 21.
The auxiliary device 3 includes two finger operable members 4 respectively disposed in the through holes 22. The two through holes 22 have an identical shape, that is, a substantially trapezoidal shape. The finger operable members 4 have a similar structure and shape. The shape of each through hole 22 is not limited to the trapezoidal shape, but maybe oval, rectangular, or other shapes. The shape of each finger operable member 4 is adjusted to correspond to that of each through hole 22. To facilitate description of this embodiment, only one finger operable member 4 will be described hereinbelow.
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Specifically, the looped wall 41 has an inner wall surface 411 defining the finger passage 43, and an outer wall surface 412 opposite to the inner wall surface 411. Each of the looped flanges 42 projects perpendicularly from the respective one of the inner and outer peripheries 410, 410′ away from the inner wall surface 411, and has a substantially trapezoidal shape. The looped flange 42 projecting from the outer periphery 410′ has a looped stitch groove 421 formed in an outer surface 420 thereof. A stitching line (S) is sewn in the looped stitch groove 421 to fix the finger operable member 4 to the protective sleeve 21.
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During wear of the protective gear 100, the finger passage 43 of each finger operable member 4 facilitates application of force by a finger of the user 5, so that the force is not directly applied to the protective sleeve 21 and the top opening 24 of the protective main body 2 is not easily stretched out. Hence, the tightening function of the protective sleeve 21 is maintained.
It is worth to mention that since one of the looped flanges 42 may be in contact with the skin of the user 5, the auxiliary device 3 is thus made of a material which will not produce a strange feeling with the skin of the user 5, such as a plastic or soft plastic material.
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The wearing method of the protective gear 100″ is similar to that described in the first embodiment. The difference resides in that when a left hand of the user 5 wears the protective gear 100″, a finger of the right hand of the user 5 is used to pull the finger operable member 4 along the pull direction (D) to accomplish wearing of the protective gear 100″.
The configuration of the protective gear 100, 100′, 100″ is not limited to a knee protective gear 100 shown in
In summary, through the finger passage 43 of each finger operable member 4 that facilitates application of force by a finger of the user 5, the force is not directly applied to the protective sleeve 21 and the top opening 24 of the protective main body 2 is not easily stretched out, so that the tightening function of the protective sleeve 21 is maintained. Hence, the object of this invention can be achieved.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what are considered the most practical embodiments, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
