Patent ID: 8220070
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
1. A wearable protective body appliance for reducing the likelihood of injury to a wearer from external forces and comprising: a pad assembly including an inner surface adapted to be positioned adjacent a wearer's skin and an outer surface spaced from the inner surface by a thickness of the pad assembly, the pad assembly defining a plurality of ventilation holes extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the pad assembly, the ventilation holes adapted to provide air flow from the environment to the wearer's skin; a plurality of inner engagement members positioned adjacent the inner surface, each of the inner engagement members individually encircling at least one of the plurality of ventilation holes, each of the inner engagement members including a skin engagement surface that is raised a pre-selected distance from the inner surface so that the skin engagement surface is adapted to frictionally engage the skin of a wearer; and an attachment element adapted to at least partially surround at least one of a wearer's body and a wearer's appendage to snugly secure the pad assembly to the at least one of a wearer's body and a wearer's appendage; an outer trim part defining a trim part hole aligned with at least one of the plurality of ventilation holes to allow air to flow through both the trim part hole and the ventilation hole; wherein the outer trim part includes a flange extending outward from the trim part hole around the ventilation hole, the outer trim part defining an upwardly standing rib relative to the flange that surrounds at least a portion of the trim part hole, wherein the attachment element at least partially forces the inner engagement member toward the skin of the wearer so that the skin engagement surface frictionally engages the skin of the wearer to substantially prevent the pad assembly from moving relative to the at least one of a wearer's body and a wearer's appendage.