PROTECTIVE PAD ASSEMBLY MAGNETICALLY ATTACHABLE TO GARMENT

• US 20090083901A1
• Filed: 10/01/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John Picone, Joseph M. Pardillo
• Original Assignee: John Picone, Joseph M. Pardillo
• Inventors: PARDILLO, Joseph M., Picone, John
• Granted Patent: US 7,712,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/455
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0153 having hinged or separable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0556 with releasable fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/065 Knee protectors
• CPC Class Codes: A44D 2203/00 Fastening by use of magnets

Abstract

A protective pad assembly for releasably attaching to a garment, comprises a flexible inner member provided to be disposed inside the garment, an outer member provided to be disposed outside the garment and a securing device provided for releasably attaching the outer member to the inner member. The outer member further includes an outer protective pad. The securing device includes an inner magnetically attractive element attached to the inner member and an outer magnetically attractive element attached to the outer member. The outer magnetically attractive element and the inner magnetically attractive element are magnetically attractable to each other so as to hold the protective pad assembly in place on the garment. Moreover, one of the inner magnetically attractive element and the outer magnetically attractive element is a magnet.

Claims

1. A protective pad assembly for releasably attaching to a garment, said protective pad assembly comprising:

a flexible inner member provided to be disposed inside said garment;

an outer member including an outer protective pad, said outer member provided to be disposed outside said garment; and

a securing device provided for releasably attaching said outer member to said inner member;

said securing device including an inner magnetically attractive element attached to said inner member and an outer magnetically attractive element attached to said outer member, said outer magnetically attractive element and said inner magnetically attractive element being magnetically attractable to each other;

wherein one of said inner magnetically attractive element and said outer magnetically attractive element is a magnet.

2. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein location of said inner magnetically attractive element is complementary to location of said outer magnetically attractive element.

3. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the other one of said inner magnetically attractive element and said outer magnetically attractive element is also a magnet.

4. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the other one of said inner magnetically attractive element and said outer magnetically attractive element is made of a ferromagnetic material and is not a magnet.

5. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said securing device includes a plurality of inner magnetically attractive elements attached to said inner member and a plurality of outer magnetically attractive elements attached to said outer member, said outer magnetically attractive elements and said inner magnetically attractive elements are magnetically attractable to each other;

and wherein one of said inner magnetically attractive elements and said outer magnetically attractive elements are magnets.

6. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein a number and location of said inner magnetically attractive elements is complementary to a number and location of said outer magnetically attractive elements.

7. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said inner and outer magnetically attractive elements is in the form of a sheet of magnetically attractive material.

8. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 7, wherein said sheet of said sheet of said inner magnetically attractive element is flexible.

9. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 8, wherein said flexible sheet of said inner magnetically attractive element is made of a ferromagnetic material and is not a magnet.

10. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 9, wherein said outer magnetically attractive element is in the form of an electromagnet.

11. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said flexible inner member includes a front layer and a base layer attached to each other.

12. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 11, wherein said inner magnetically attractive element is disposed between said front and base layers.

13. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 11, wherein said inner magnetically attractive element is affixed to an outer surface of said front layer of said inner member.

14. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said outer member includes a front layer and a base layer attached to each other.

15. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 14, wherein said outer magnetically attractive element is disposed between said front and base layers.

16. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 14, wherein said outer magnetically attractive element is affixed to an outer surface of said base layer of said outer member.

17. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said outer protective pad is made of one of semi-hard material and soft cushioning material.

18. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 17, wherein said outer protective pad is releasably attachable to said outer member by magnetic attraction.

19. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 18, wherein said outer protective pad includes a magnetically attractive element.

20. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 18, wherein said outer member includes a mounting base receiving said outer protective pad.

21. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 20, wherein said outer member includes a magnetically attractive element affixed to said mounting base thereof.

22. The protective pad assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein said inner member is provided to be strapped to a limb of a user of said protective pad assembly proximate to a limb joint.

23. A protective pad assembly comprising:

a flexible inner member releasably attachable to a limb of a user of said protective pad assembly;

an outer member including an outer protective pad; and

a securing device provided for releasably attaching said outer member to said inner member;

said securing device including an inner magnetically attractive element attached to said inner member and an outer magnetically attractive element attached to said outer member, said outer magnetically attractive element and said inner magnetically attractive element being magnetically attractable to each other;

wherein one of said inner magnetically attractive element and said outer magnetically attractive element is a magnet.