Patent ID: 7832017
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A leg guard defining a vertical center line which is substantially perpendicular to a substantially flat ground surface and which passes through a geometric center point of a knee comprising: a knee portion having a first rigid layer and a first flexible layer connected to the first rigid layer; a shin portion having a second rigid layer and a second flexible layer connected to the second rigid layer; the first flexible layer being connected to the second flexible layer; the first rigid layer having an irregular shape, with a first rigid layer medial side extending further from the center line of the leg guard than a first rigid layer lateral side; the second rigid layer having an irregular shape, with a second rigid layer medial side extending further from the center line than a second rigid layer lateral side; a securing system configured to removably attach the leg guard to a leg; a third flexible layer attached to the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer, the third flexible layer having a bulbous knee section and an elongated shin section; the elongated shin section having at least one tail section; and a fourth flexible layer attached to the third flexible layer, wherein an inner perimeter of a knee portion of the fourth flexible layer is configured to at least partially surround a knee cap portion of a knee.