Patent ID: 7389547

Claim:
A garment for protecting a person's legs from impact forces consisting of: a pants having a lower body portion and right and left legs joined to the body portion for accommodating the lower body and legs of a person, first thigh shield, first releasable fasteners connecting the first thigh shield on the right leg of the pants, a second thigh shield, and second releasable fasteners connecting the second thigh shield to the left leg of the pants, said first and second thigh shields each comprising a pad having an open cell plastic core having opposite sides, skins of air impervious material joined to the opposite sides of the core, and a plurality of holes through said skins and core to allow air to flow through the skins and out of and into the core, the first releasable fasteners comprising a first pair of spaced horizontal strips having first connectable members secured to the right leg of the pants, and a pair of spaced vertical strips having second connectable members secured to the first thigh shield, said first and second connectable members releasably interengaging each other to connect the first thigh shield in a selected vertical and lateral position on the right leg of the pants, the second releasable fastener comprising a pair of spaced horizontal strips having first connectable members secured to the left leg of the pants and a second pair of spaced vertical strips having second connectable members secured to the second thigh shield, said first and second members of the second releasable fastener releasably interengaging each other to connect the second thigh shield in a selected vertical and lateral position on the left leg of the pants.