Patent ID: 9675123
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. Apparel for providing a knee padding to be worn by a user comprising: a scrub pants including a pair of legs, a knee area on each leg, and a thigh area on each leg, said legs including an interior section and an exterior section with a length adapted to conceal a thigh area and a knee area of a user; and a padding not readily removable to each one of the knee areas of the legs, a first stitching exposed on the exterior section of the scrub pants; and a plurality of layers forming the padding, the plurality of layers including a base layer, a first other layer, a second other layer, and a top layer where each layer is joined to one another with a second stitching separate from the first stitching, and wherein each one of the layers has a surface area progressively larger than an adjacent layer, where the plurality of layers forms a layered stepped pyramid to provide a gradually diminishing surface area with each successive layer; wherein the base layer has a first surface area and is rectangular in shape, the first other layer has a second surface area that is smaller than the first surface area and is rectangular in shape, the second other layer has a third surface area that is smaller than the second surface area and is oval in shape, and the top layer has a fourth surface area that is smaller than the third, surface area and is oval in shape.