Body pads particulary for sports

Patent 6070273 Issued on June 6, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 27, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Sgro, Joseph

Application

No. 048798 filed on 03/27/1998

US Classes:

2/455, GUARD OR PROTECTOR2/231, Stays or protectors2/267, Pads2/401, With particular reinforcing or elastic insert2/464, Abdomen protector2/466Groin protector

Examiners

Primary: Calvert, John J.
Assistant: Muromoto, Robert H. Jr.

International Class

A41D 013/00

Abstract

A body pad construction for a padding garment, having a body shape moulded pad formed of expanded polypropylene foam material, of a predetermined density, and moulded and shaped to conform to a portion of the body to be protected, a laminate reinforcement of scrim filaments bonded with the exterior of the moulded body pad, and shaped to the exterior of the body pad, inner and outer covering panels formed of a laminate of synthetic woven fabric the inner and outer panels being placed on opposite sides of the pad, and the fabric being bonded to the pad on both sides, and the layers of the inner and outer panels being bonded together, around the edges of the pad.