Articulated Tripartite Elbow-and-Knee-Area Protection

Abstract

An articulated tripartite elbow-and-knee-area protector and method for protecting a person's elbow-and-knee areas from injury during contact and collision sporting activities, without restricting movement and without limiting the offensive and defensive uses of the elbows and knees.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention provides an elbow-area and knee-area protector that fits over a person's arms and legs, for protection during contact and collision sporting activities.[0002]Contact and collision sports involve any sport in which physical contact between players is an accepted type of play. In collision sports (i.e. boxing, wrestling, cage-fighting, hockey, football, lacrosse, and rodeo), athletes purposely hit or collide with each other or with inanimate objects (including the ground) with great force. In contact sports (i.e. basketball, volleyball and soccer), athletes make contact with each other or inanimate objects but usually with less force than in collision sports. Due to the risk of injury associated with contact and collision sports, protective equipment is often encouraged and even required.[0003]Cage-fighting is a type of mixed martial arts, where two individuals fight in a cage, and it involves extreme and violent combat. In sports like c...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a protector for a person's elbow and knee areas that allows for movement and full use of the elbows and knees during contact and collision sporting activities. Existing solutions either restrict movement or provide little protection, so the invention aims to solve these problems and offer a better solution for protecting the elhamps and knees during sports.

Problems solved by technology

The elbow and knee are synovial hinge joints susceptible of injury which need to be protected.

But presently available protection for the elbow and knee can be restrictive of movement, which diminishes a person's performance during contact and collision sporting activities.

Presently available protection tends to restrict that outward thrust, which prevents optimum movement of the whole body and prevents optimum use of the arms and legs and elbows and knees for offensive and defensive purposes.

The prior art uses solid, continuous blocks or layers of padding, held in place with straps, to protect the elbow or knee from impact, but such pads are not only restrictive of movement, they also tend to slip out of place as the joints are moved, which can leave the joint unprotected or can further restrict movement.

A problem with this typical elbow pad model is that it easily becomes dislocated and slides out of place.

But extension of padding to those areas restricts movement even more than just padding the joint itself.

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