Patent ID: 7694349
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
1. A hockey pant assembly comprising an outer shell and an inner core protector received within the outer shell, the core protector including a pant having a torso portion and two tubular leg portions extending therefrom in communication therewith, each leg portion defining an opening for receiving a leg of a wearer therein, and a thigh protector adjacent each leg opening, each thigh protector being detachably connected to the tubular leg portions to provide protection to a thigh of the wearer, each thigh protector being remote from a lower edge of a respective one of the tubular leg portions and articulated therewith so as to move independently from the respective one of the tubular leg portions, wherein each thigh protector includes a protective padding member sufficiently rigid to maintain a preformed curved shape so as to at least partially wrap around a front of the thigh of the wearer and to protect the thigh of the wearer from impact during hockey, and each thigh protector is configured to not extend below an upper portion of the knee of the wearer.