Patent ID: 6327710
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A deflecting and protective shield guard, of flexible and resilient construction for use in interaction with either leg of a user, at middle, lower and adjacent portions thereof, in work areas where ground and airborne particles and substances are emitted in relation to work environment and work equipment to which a user is proximate and positionally oriented, or exposed to, said deflecting and protective guard comprising:a shield body member, having inboard and outboard surfaces and a widthwise perimeter side extending thereabout,the widthwise perimeter side comprising first and second end sections and first and second lateral portions,each of the first and second end sections having first and second end portions and a midpoint portion therebetween,each of the midpoint portions of the respective first and second end sections defining, therebetween, an imaginary axis line which substantially bifurcates each of the inboard and outboard surfaces, when viewed from above and below, thereby defining a first bifurcated portion and a second bifurcated portion,each of the first and second lateral portions having first and second subportion segments,the first subportion segment of the first lateral portion having first and second ends and being substantially in the configuration of a sinusoidal wave portion between said first and second ends, when viewed from above and below, the first end, thereof, being attached to the second end portion of the first end section,the second subportion segment of the first lateral portion having first and second rounded end portions, and a linear configurational portion therebetween, when viewed from above and below, the first rounded end portion, thereof, being attached to the second end of the first subportion segment of the first lateral portion, and the second rounded end portion, thereof, being attached to the second end portion of the second end section,the second end section being in the configuration of a sinusoidal wave, when viewed from above and below,the second subportion segment of the second lateral portion having first and second rounded end portions, and a linear configurational portion therebetween, when viewed from above and below, the second rounded end portion, thereof, being attached to the first end portion of the second end section,the first subportion segment of the second lateral portion having first and second ends, and being substantially in the configuration of a sinusoidal wave, between said first and second ends, when viewed from above and below, the second end, thereof, being attached to the first rounded end portion of the second subportion segment of said second lateral portion, and the first end, thereof, being attached to the first end portion of said first end section;means for transporting and installably positioning the shield body member, being defined by the inboard and outboard surfaces, thereof; andmeans for coupling the first lateral portion of the widthwise perimeter side to the second lateral portion of the widthwise perimeter side;whereby, the deflecting and protective guard is installable in interaction with a leg of a user, and fitably positionable to shield and protect the lower areas and joints of a user's leg and the middle leg portions of a user's leg at and above the knee and stifle of such a leg of a user.