Baseball chest protector

• US 6,161,226 A
• Filed: 09/15/1999
• Issued: 12/19/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Everything Baseball Limited LLC
• Original Assignee: Everything Baseball Limited LLC
• Inventors: Serewicz, Thomas Anthony, Gallucci, Nicholas Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): Calvert, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, TAJASH D
• Application Number:
  US09/396,385
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 2/455-456, 2/459-465, 2/467, 2/92, 2/908, 2/2.5, 2/44, 2/45, 2/268
• US Class Current: 2/459
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/015 with shock-absorbing means A41D13/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0518 Chest

Abstract

A baseball chest protector with shoulder guards extending over both shoulders of the wearer, to which adjustable straps are attached. The shoulder guards extend just slightly outward of the wearer'"'"'s shoulder, such that the shoulder is protected but the guard does not interfere with the wearer'"'"'s throwing motion. The chest protector of the present invention should rest on the wearer'"'"'s shoulders, ensuring that the protector is properly positioned even when the straps are not perfectly adjusted.

Claims

1. A baseball chest protector comprising:

a flexible main pad having a left shoulder portion, a right shoulder portion, a chest portion, and an abdomen portion;

a flexible shoulder guard extending from the left shoulder portion of the main pad over the shoulder of a wearer and having a front portion adjacent the main pad, a top portion, and a back portion; and

adjustable straps, each adjustable strap attached at one end to the abdomen portion of the main pad and at the other end to the back portion of the shoulder guard.