Protective pant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11071340-B2
Application number	US-201514978767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Dec 23, 2014
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A protective pant for a wearer, comprising a pelvic portion for overlying a pelvic region of the wearer to provide impact protection to the pelvic region, leg portions for overlying thighs of the wearer to provide impact protection to the thighs, and a zipperless length adjuster configured to adjust a length of the protective pant. Also, a protective pant for a wearer, the protective pant comprising: an inner base for protecting a pelvic region of the wearer; an outer shell; and a zipperless length adjuster comprising a plurality of adjustment elements on the inner base and a plurality of adjustment elements on the outer shell, each of the adjustment elements on the outer shell configured to be attachable to a corresponding one of the adjustment elements of the inner base in at least two positions to permit length-wise adjustment of the outer shell relative to the inner base.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protective pant for a wearer, the protective pant comprising:
a pelvic portion for overlying a pelvic region of the wearer to provide impact protection to the pelvic region of the wearer, the pelvic portion comprising a waist portion for overlying a waist of the wearer;
leg portions for overlying thighs of the wearer to provide impact protection to the thighs of the wearer;
a zipperless length adjuster configured to adjust a length of the protective pant; and
a padded belt overlying the waist portion of the protective pant, the padded belt having a fixed portion connected to the waist portion along a pivot edge, the padded belt having a detachable section configured to be attachable to and detachable from the waist portion, the padded belt having:
an attached configuration when the detachable section of the padded belt is attached to the waist portion of the pant; and
a detached configuration when the detachable section of the padded belt is detached from the waist portion of the pant;

wherein: in the attached configuration, the padded belt conceals the zipperless length adjuster; and in the detached configuration, the padded belt is rotatable about the pivot edge to reveal the zipperless length adjuster.

2. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the zipperless length adjuster is configured to adjust the length of the protective pant by adjusting a position of the leg portions relative to the pelvic portion in a longitudinal direction of the protective pant.

3. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the pelvic portion comprises the waist portion for overlying a waist of the wearer and the zipperless length adjuster is configured to adjust the length of the protective pant by adjusting a distance between the waist portion and a bottom of each of the leg portions.

4. The protective pant of claim 3 , wherein the pelvic portion comprises an upper pelvic portion and a lower pelvic portion and the waist portion is disposed between the upper pelvic portion and the lower pelvic portion.

5. The protective pant of claim 4 , wherein the upper pelvic portion comprises kidney portions for overlying kidney regions of the wearer.

6. The protective pant of claim 4 , wherein the upper pelvic portion comprises a lower spine portion for overlying a lower spinal region of the wearer.

7. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the pelvic portion comprises a crotch portion for overlying a crotch of the wearer and the zipperless length adjuster is disposed above the crotch portion.

8. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the protective pant comprises an inner base and an outer shell overlying the inner base.

9. The protective pant of claim 8 , wherein the zipperless length adjuster is configured to adjust the length of the protective pant by adjusting a position of the outer shell relative to the inner base in a longitudinal direction of the protective pant.

10. The protective pant of claim 8 , wherein the outer shell is movable relative to the inner base.

11. The protective pant of claim 10 , wherein the outer shell is separable from the inner base and removable from the protective pant.

12. The protective pant of claim 8 , wherein the zipperless length adjuster comprises a first adjuster element and a second adjuster element that is positionally adjustable relative to the first adjuster element in a longitudinal direction of the protective pant to adjust the length of the protective pant.

13. The protective pant of claim 12 , wherein the first adjuster element is attached to the inner base and the second adjuster element is attached to the outer shell, the inner base and outer shell being attachable to one another via the first and second adjuster elements in at least two longitudinal positions corresponding to different values of the length of the protective pant.

14. The protective pant of claim 13 , wherein the outer shell comprises the padded belt, the first adjuster element comprises a button, and the second adjuster element comprises a plurality of slits in the padded belt at different length-wise positions, into which the button is insertable.

15. The protective pant of claim 13 , wherein the first adjuster element is one of a plurality of first adjuster elements of the zipperless length adjuster, wherein the second adjuster element is one of a plurality of second adjuster elements of the zipperless length adjuster, and wherein the protective pant further comprises a plurality of tabs affixed to the outer shell and each of which comprises at least some of said second adjuster elements, wherein the padded belt spans an arc length around the wearer when the protective pant is worn, and wherein the plurality of tabs are distributed along said arc length.

16. The protective pant of claim 13 , wherein one of the first and second adjuster elements includes a button and the other of the first and second adjuster elements includes a plurality of slits at different length-wise positions, into which the button is insertable.

17. The protective pant of claim 16 , wherein the first adjuster element is one of a plurality of first adjuster elements of the zipperless length adjuster and wherein the second adjuster element is one of a plurality of second adjuster elements of the zipperless length adjuster.

18. The protective pant of claim 17 , wherein each of either the first or second adjuster elements includes a button and wherein each of the other of the first or second adjuster elements includes a corresponding plurality of slits at different length-wise positions, into which the corresponding button is insertable.

19. The protective pant of claim 17 , further comprising at least one tab affixed to the outer shell and comprising at least some of said second adjuster elements.

20. The protective pant of claim 19 , wherein the at least one tab protrudes from an edge of the outer shell.

21. The protective pant of claim 20 , wherein the at least one tab comprises a grasping member for being grasped by the wearer when adjusting the length of the protective pant.

22. The protective pant of claim 21 , further comprising the padded belt affixed to the outer shell, wherein at least part of the padded belt is detachable and reattachable to the outer shell by the wearer, wherein the grasping member is at least partly covered by the padded belt when said part of the padded belt is attached to the outer shell and is at least partly revealed by the padded belt when said part of the padded belt is detached from the outer shell.

23. The protective pant of claim 21 , wherein the grasping member comprises a loop.

24. The protective pant of claim 23 , wherein the at least one tab comprises a plurality of tabs joined by the loop, each of the plurality of tabs including a respective subset of the second adjuster elements, each subset including at least two second adjuster elements in different length-wise positions.

25. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the zipperless length adjuster comprises a first adjuster element and a second adjuster element that is positionally adjustable relative to the first adjuster element in a longitudinal direction of the protective pant to adjust the length of the protective pant.

26. The protective pant of claim 1 , wherein the zipperless length adjuster is configured to allow the length of the protective pant to be adjusted by at least 0.5 inches.

27. The pr

Assignees

• Lavallee Alexandre
• Bidal Jean Marie
• Martel Pascal
• Bauer Hockey Llc

Inventors

• Lavallee Alexandre
• Bidal Jean-Marie
• Martel Pascal

Classifications

• A41D31/185 Primary

  using layered materials · CPC title

• A41D13/0153

  having hinged or separable parts · CPC title

• A41D1/088

  with crotch reinforcement · CPC title

• A41F9/002

  Free belts · CPC title

• A41D2600/10

  for sport activities · CPC title