Patent ID: 7032246

Claim:
A reversible protective shin guard, comprising: a pad; a pad cover enclosing the pad, the pad cover comprising a first cover piece and a second cover piece enclosing the pad, the first cover piece and the second cover piece being separate pieces of fabric; a sleeve portion attached to the pad cover, the sleeve portion comprising a first sleeve piece and a second sleeve piece, the first sleeve piece and the second sleeve piece being separate pieces of fabric; and a seam joining the first cover piece, the second cover piece the first sleeve piece and the second sleeve piece, the first cover piece and the first sleeve piece made of a first color, the second cover piece and the second sleeve piece made of a second color different from the first color, and the shin guard being reversible between a first configuration in which the first color is substantially facing outwardly and a second configuration in which the second color is substantially facing outwardly.