Patent ID: 6408446
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A protective garment to be worn by a person to absorb shock and to protect selected regions of the body against the shock, comprising:a plurality of protective areas located to cover the enarthrodial Joint regions of the hips of the wearer, extending upwards as far as the hip-bone, and extending horizontally to cover at least one quarter of the circumference of the wearer, for protecting said enarthrodial joint regions against shock; and a nonprotective area for providing structural integrity to the garment while providing substantially little protection against the shock to a region of the body disposed against the nonprotective area of the garment; each protective area comprising a pad of closed-cell foam material with a density of 10.0 to 13.0 lbs/cu. ft., a compression resistance of 9.0 to 13.0 psi, and a tensile strength of at least 150 psi, and each said pad has a plurality of slits therethrough, the slits placed so as to run in a counter-direction to the muscle groups surrounding the hip joint of the wearer.