Goal tender leg pad

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616315-B2
Application number	US-201615238376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A goaltender leg pad providing profile adjustment, toe attachment and/or toe thickness adjustment. The leg pad can include an adjuster element that configures adjacent pads at a user selected angle or configuration to provide a desired front profile of the leg pad. The leg pad can include an optionally elastic toe attachment strap joined with a foot pad and/or boot, and a redirection element slidably engaging the strap. The strap can secure the foot pad to the user's skate, and generally centrally locate the foot pad over the user's skate when the user transitions to a standing position and/or a crouching position. The leg pad can include a foot pad configured to engage the top of a user's skate. The foot pad can define a cavity within which a secondary pad can be selectively installed or removed to alter the toe thickness of the foot pad and provide desired performance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A goaltender leg pad comprising:
an upper leg pad adapted to cover at least a user's knee;
a lower leg pad joined with the upper leg pad below the upper leg pad,
a foot pad joined with the lower leg pad below the lower leg pad,
a boot extending from the lower leg pad, the boot adapted to receive at least one of a user's skate, a user's lower leg and a user's shin;
a longitudinal axis extending through the upper leg pad, lower leg pad and foot pad, generally separating the leg pad into a lateral side and a medial side,
a toe attachment strap joined with the foot pad, the toe attachment strap including a first end, a second end and a central portion extending between the first end and the second end, the toe attachment strap adapted to join with a user's skate, thereby securing the user's skate to the foot pad,
a redirection element joined with at least one of the foot pad and the boot on the medial side of the longitudinal axis, the redirection element engaging the central portion of the strap, allowing the central portion to slide freely relative to the redirection element,
wherein the strap is constructed from an elastic material so that the central portion stretches and retracts between the redirection element and the second end, and between the redirection element and the first end,
wherein the strap generally centrally locates the foot pad over the user's skate when the user transitions to at least one of a standing position and a crouching position.

2. The goaltender leg pad of claim 1 comprising a sleeve joined with at least one of the boot and the foot pad, wherein the redirection element is an opening defined by the sleeve, wherein the central portion is adapted to stretch and retract in the sleeve.

3. The goaltender leg pad of claim 2 ,
wherein the sleeve extends from the lateral side to the medial side, traversing the longitudinal axis,
wherein the opening defined by the sleeve is located on the medial side.

4. The goaltender leg pad of claim 3 ,
wherein the first end of the strap is fixedly joined with at least one of the foot pad and the boot on the lateral side,
wherein the second end is removably joined with a fastening element with the at least one of the foot pad and the boot on the lateral side.

5. The goaltender leg pad of claim 2 wherein the redirection element is a D ring joined with at least one of the boot and the foot pad.

6. The goaltender leg pad of claim 2 ,
wherein the first end is joined with the foot pad on the lateral side,
wherein the central portion of the strap extends across the longitudinal axis from the medial side to the lateral side,
wherein the second end is joined with the foot pad on the lateral side.

7. A goaltender leg pad comprising:
a leg pad,
a foot pad joined with the leg pad,
a toe attachment strap joined with the foot pad, the toe attachment strap including a first end, a second end and a central portion extending between the first end and the second end,
a longitudinal axis extending through the foot pad, generally bisecting the foot pad into a lateral side and a medial side,
wherein the first end of the strap is secured to the foot pad on the lateral side of the longitudinal axis,
wherein the central portion of the strap traverses the longitudinal axis generally extending from the lateral side to the medial side and back across from the medial side to the lateral side,
wherein the central portion of the strap slidably engages a redirection element on the medial side,
wherein the second end of the strap is manually, detachably joined with the foot pad,
whereby a user can position the central portion of the toe attachment strap through a portion of a user's skate to secure the foot pad to the user's skate so that the toe attachment strap centrally locates the foot pad over the user's skate when the user transitions to at least one of a standing position and a crouching position.

8. The goaltender leg pad of claim 7 comprising a sleeve traversing the longitudinal axis, wherein the central portion is movably disposed in the sleeve.

9. The goaltender leg pad of claim 7 wherein the sleeve defines an opening on the medial side of the longitudinal axis, wherein the opening is the redirection element.

10. The goaltender leg pad of claim 7 wherein the redirection element is a D loop joined with the foot pad.

11. The goaltender leg pad of claim 7 wherein the attachment strap is an elastic member configured to stretch and retract longitudinally.

12. The goaltender leg pad of claim 11 ,
wherein the elastic member is partially disposed in a sleeve,
wherein the sleeve extends across the longitudinal axis,
wherein the sleeve defines an opening that forms the redirection element.

13. The goaltender leg pad of claim 12 wherein the central portion stretches and retracts within the sleeve and between the redirection element and the second end when a user transitions to at least one of a standing and crouching position.

14. A goaltender leg pad comprising:
a leg pad,
a foot pad joined with the leg pad,
a boot extending from the leg pad to receive at least one of a user's skate, a user's lower leg and a user's shin;
a longitudinal axis extending through the leg pad and foot pad, separating the leg pad and the foot pad into a lateral side and a medial side,
a toe attachment strap joined with at least one of the foot pad and the boot, the toe attachment strap adapted to join with a user's skate, thereby securing the user's skate to the foot pad,
a redirection element joined with at least one of the boot and the foot pad, the redirection element engaging the toe attachment strap but allowing the toe attachment strap to slide relative to the redirection element,
wherein the toe attachment strap extends away from the longitudinal axis on the medial side, toward the redirection element, engages the redirection element, and extends back toward the longitudinal axis on the medial side,
whereby a user can position the toe attachment strap through a portion of the user's skate to secure the foot pad to the user's skate so that the toe attachment strap centrally locates the foot pad over the user's skate when the user transitions to at least one of a standing position and a crouching position.

15. The goaltender leg pad of claim 14 ,
wherein the toe attachment strap is elastic and includes a central portion that engages the redirection element,
wherein the central portion slides relative to the redirection element and simultaneously stretches when the user's skate moves in a direction toward the medial side of the longitudinal axis.

16. The goaltender leg pad of claim 15 wherein the central portion slides relative to the redirection element and simultaneously retracts when the user's skate moves in a direction toward the lateral side of the longitudinal axis.

17. The goaltender leg pad of claim 14 wherein the toe attachment strap includes a first terminating end located on the lateral side of the longitudinal axis, and a second terminating end located on the lateral side of the longitudinal axis, and a central portion that extends from the first terminating end to the redirection element, and from the redirection element to the second terminating end, traversing the longitudinal axis.

18. The goaltender leg pad of claim 14 wherein the toe attachment strap is disposed in a sleeve joined with at least one of the boot and the toe pad, wherein the sleeve defines an opening that forms the redirection element.

19. The goaltender leg p

Assignees

• Warrior Sports Inc

Inventors

• Smith Peter B

Classifications

• A63B2071/1283

  for the foot · CPC title

• A63B2071/1241

  for the thigh · CPC title

• A63B2225/09

  Adjustable dimensions · CPC title

• A41D13/0568

  with straps · CPC title

• A63B2102/24

  Ice hockey · CPC title