Patent ID: 6859948
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A hip protector for wearing use by a user having hips for at least reducing, if not preventing, hip fractures, which might otherwise result from a fall, comprising: a substantially all-soft, hip protector having a pair of substantially spaced apart, hip protector, holster members interconnected by a waist encircling, belt band, each of said holster members carrying a protective pad pouch made of flexible sheet material for placement over respective ones of the user's hips and to be secured in place by separate, leg encircling bands, one for each of the user's legs and for each of said holster members and its respective one of said protective pouches, leaving substantial, open, unobstructed areas over the groin and derriere areas of the user, when said holster members and their respective protective pad pouchs are positioned over the hip areas of the user; each of said hip protective pad pouches further including: