Patent ID: 7752678

Claim:
A method of protecting the calves of rowers, comprising the steps of: obtaining at least one single elongated flat strip of flexible, impact absorbing material of uniform thickness without any holes, having an elongated wide middle section extending substantially a length of the strip, narrow tapered first and second end sections on opposite ends of said wide middle section, with the middle and first and second end sections each having an inner surface and an outer surface integrally form the single strip, with the inner surface and the outer surface being parallel, with one end section having hook fasteners extending from one surface, while the other end section has loop fasteners extending from the other surface; placing the middle section against a calf, between the knees and the ankles, of a rower; bringing the end sections around the front of the rower's leg; pulling the end sections tight; and joining the hook fasteners on one end section to the loop fasteners on the other end section, on the front of the rower's leg.