Patent ID: 8141170

Claim:
A knee protection apparatus comprising: a. a knee protecting member having (i) a patella-cover and (ii) a protective outer shell complementary in configuration to the patella-cover and securely affixed thereto; b. a strap secured to opposite sides of the knee protecting member and configured to encircle a user's knee to limit anterior and posterior movement of the knee protecting member within the sagital plane of the user; c. a rigid or semi-rigid fixator strut securely affixed to the knee protecting member, and thereafter descending from the knee pad, first anteriorly along a user's leg, then descending laterally or medially and distally along the user's leg to the distal posterior area of the lower leg, and d. the fixator strut terminating with a cupped portion configured to engage the user's calcaneus heel region for limiting superior and inferior movement of the knee protecting member in the frontal plane as well as limiting rotation of the knee protecting member in the transverse plane.