Body protector

• US 7,818,820 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2007
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Takeshi Tsujimoto
• Original Assignee: Takeshi Tsujimoto
• Inventors: Tsujimoto, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, TAJASH D
• Application Number:
  US11/736,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 245/5, 245/6, 2462-464, 2466-467, 231/0, 210/2, 2/25
• US Class Current: 2/310
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/1208 for the breast and the abdomen, e.g. breast plates
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/12 for the body or the legs , e.g. for the shoulders A63B71/081 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention provides a body protector which can be simply and easily installed and detached by hands of an athlete himself or herself, and can be finely adjusted properly by the hands of the athlete himself or herself after installation. Fastening bands are made detachable via a surface fastener provided during an overlapping under a relation that the fastening bands are structured as a pair of right and left parts respectively extending from both right and left side portions of a protector main body so as to be overlapped with each other, suspending bands are structured such as to extend from two right and left symmetrical positions in an upper portion of the protector main body, and a leading end side of the suspending band is freely attached to and detached from the fastening bands via the surface fastener.

Claims

1. A body protector comprising:

a protector main body having a cushioning function provided by at least one cushioning member attached thereto structured such as to fit to at least both armpits from a front surface side of an upper half of a body including a chest portion and an abdominal portion of an athlete;

first and second fastening bands serving together as a band-like member, extending from right and left side portions of the protector main body, respectively so as to form a pair and holding the protector main body around the body so as to freely fasten by detachably connecting a pair of right and left fastening bands; and

suspending bands detachably connecting between an upper portion of the protector main body and the fastening band from a portion around a shoulder to a back side so as to hold the protector main body,

wherein the fastening bands overlap each other to create an overlapped portion when the body protector is worn and are detachably connected each other by attaching first and second hook and loop fastener materials provided on the overlapped portion of the first and second fastening bands, respectively,

the suspending band is structured by a pair of right and left independent bands extending from two positions in an upper portion of the protector main body, and each leading end side of the suspending band is freely attached to and detached from the overlapped portion of the fastening band via third and fourth hook and loop fastener materials provided on the right and left independent bands respectively, and the suspending band on the left-hand side is hung between the left-hand side of the upper portion of the protector main body and the overlapped portion of the fastening band on the left-hand side, the suspending band on the right-hand side is hung between the right-hand side of the upper portion of the protector main body and the overlapped portion of the fastening band on the right-hand such that the pair of suspending bands crosses on the back when the fastening bands are fastened.

2. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the suspending bands are constituted by a pair of right and left independent bands extending from two positions corresponding to right and left symmetrical positions of an upper portion of the protector main body, and are capable of being crossed on the back, and respective leading end sides of the suspending bands are detachable via a hook and loop fastener so as to form a symmetrical shape in the fastening band side.

3. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the suspending bands are constituted by a pair of right and left upper portions extending from two positions corresponding to right and left symmetrical positions in an upper portion of the protector main body, and a single lower portion extending from the upper portions, and a leading end of the lower portion is freely attached to and detached from the fastening band side via the hook and loop fastener.

4. The body protector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastening band is provided with a hanging portion capable of returning through a leading end side of each of the suspending bands, and is detachable via the third and fourth hook and loop fastener materials after being passed through the hanging portion by attachment to fifth and sixth hook and loop fastener materials on said right and left independent bands respectively.

5. The body protector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fastening band is provided with a hanging portion capable of returning through a leading end side of each of the suspending bands, and is detachable via the third and fourth hook and loop fastener materials after being passed through the hanging portion by attachment to fifth and sixth hook and loop fastener materials on said right and left independent bands respectively.

6. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protector main body and the fastening band are provided with a front cover and a rear cover where the front and rear covers are reversible.

7. The body protector as claimed in claim 6, wherein surface of the front and rear covers are formed with a porous material or a mesh material.

8. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the suspending bands is lockable to each of the fastening bands.

9. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the suspending bands are formed in a Y-shaped form.

10. The body protector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook and loop fastener is provided on both sides of a leading end of the suspending band.