Patent ID: 7765610

Claim:
An athletic cup comprising: a convex structure to direct a force associated with an impact to the athletic cup to a pelvic bone of a wearer and away from soft tissue of the wearer; an arc creating an opening, an air gap, or a space at a lowermost anatomically inferior portion of the athletic cup relative to placement of the athletic cup over a groin area of the wearer, the arc to be positioned relative to a perineal region of the wearer to prevent the force associated with the impact to the athletic cup from impacting or compressing the perineal region of the wearer between the athletic cup and the pubis of the wearer; and wherein the arc creating the opening, the air gap, or the space at the lowermost anatomically inferior portion of the athletic cup creates the opening, the air gap, or the space at an outermost edge portion to bridge opposing peripheral lip sides adjacent to the opening, the air gap, or the space created in the outermost edge portion.