Patent ID: 9056238
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
1. A shin guard construction comprising: a shin guard having a bottom end and an opposite top end defining a shin guard length, and having opposite right and left sides extending between the bottom end and the top end, the shin guard having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the front surface comprises a shin guard fastener portion along the right side or the left side, the shin guard fastener portion having a shin guard fastener portion length that extends at least a portion of the shin guard length; a strap of flexible material having a top edge and an opposite bottom edge and having opposite left and right ends extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, wherein a length of the top edge extending between the left end and the right end is less than a length of the bottom edge extending between the left end and the right end; one of the right end or the left end of the strap having a first fastener fastenable to the shin guard fastener portion, the other of the right end or the left end having a second fastener fastenable to the strap, wherein the right end or left end having the first fastener forms an acute angle with the bottom edge and an obtuse angle with the top edge; and the strap, when affixed to the shin guard by both the first fastener and the second fastener, inherently extends in an upward inclined orientation and maintains the upward inclined orientation, wherein the upward orientation is measured from a horizontal plane that passes perpendicularly through the front surface and the back surface of the shin guard, wherein the right end or the left end having the first fastener, when affixed to the shin guard, has an outer edge that is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane.