Patent ID: 7941876
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A device for protecting a hip bone or limiting a severity of a hip bone injury, comprising: at least one pad arranged to protect the hip bone; and a wearable garment to hold the at least one pad with respect to the hip bone, the garment configured to be worn over clothing and about the hips at all times without encircling the legs individually, the pad configured to wrap around an area of the hip bone in a circumferential manner, the garment including two fastening panels, each configured to face and overlap with the other fastening panel, and fastenable together in a rotatable manner around an axis perpendicular to a fastening plane; wherein the garment includes at least one double seam so as to subdivide at least one of the two fastening panels, the at least one fastening panel thereby being configured for it's size to be reduced by cutting between the two seams of one of the at least one double seams in order to provide a one size fits essentially all wearers; and wherein when the size of one of the two fastening panels is reduced by cutting between the two seams of one of the at least one double seams, one of the seams of said double seam remains near an edge of said fastening panel, such that said edge of the fastening panel retains a finished look.