Patent ID: 9616315
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A41D,A43B,A63B

Claim:
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.