Patent ID: 9132335
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A41D,A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A leg pad for a hockey player, the leg pad extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising: (a) an upper portion having a knee cap for at least partially covering a knee joint of the player; (b) a lower portion having an upper shell for at least partially covering an upper part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering a lower part of the shin and an ankle of the hockey player; and (c) a liner for at least partially facing the shin and ankle of the hockey player; wherein the upper and lower shells are mounted to the liner; wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in a lower region of the shin proximate to the ankle in response to flexion of the ankle; wherein, in the first position, the lower shell is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, and in the second position, the lower shell defines an angle relative to the longitudinal axis; and wherein, in the first position, the upper and lower shells overlap and define a first overlap, and in the second position, the upper and lower shells overlap and define a second overlap, the second overlap being greater than the first overlap.