Patent ID: 7712150
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A41D,A44D

Abstract:
1. A protective pad assembly for releasably attaching to a garment worn by a user of said protective pad assembly for positioning substantially over one of an elbow and a knee of said user, said protective pad assembly comprising: a flexible inner member provided for engaging said one of said elbow and said knee of said user, said flexible inner member provided to be disposed inside said garment and substantially aligned with said one of said elbow and said knee of said user; a flexible outer member for protecting said one of said elbow and said knee of said user, said outer member provided to be disposed outside said garment in alignment substantially with said flexible inner member; and a securing device including an inner magnetically attractive element attached to said inner member and an outer magnetically attractive element attached to said outer member, said outer magnetically attractive element and said inner magnetically attractive element being magnetically attractable to each other; each of said inner and outer flexible members being made of an impact absorbing material; one of said inner magnetically attractive element and said outer magnetically attractive element being a magnet for magnetically attracting said inner and outer flexible members together; said securing device provided for releasably attaching said outer member to said inner member solely by the magnetic attraction force between said outer magnetically attractive element and said inner magnetically attractive element.