Patent ID: 7380283

Claim:
A combined work pants and kneepad assembly for promoting comfortable work conditions by minimizing rubbing contact between user knees and a floor surface, said combined work pants and kneepad assembly comprising: a pair of work pants removably positional over the user knees; a plurality of external kneepads disposed along an outer surface of said work pants; and, means for removably attaching said kneepads to said work pants in such a manner that said kneepads cover and protect the user knees during operating conditions, said kneepads remaining statically engaged with said work pants such that said work pants are prohibited from bunching up against said kneepads when said kneepads are rubbed along the floor surface; wherein each of said kneepads includes a durable protective shell and further includes a deformably resilient padded core statically and directly interfitted between said shell for absorbing the external forces during operating conditions, each of said shells maintaining a uniform shape such that said padded cores are prohibited from bunching up inside of said shells respectively; and, wherein each of said kneepads comprises a bulbous section having a plurality of pleats embedded thereon and spanning along a curvilinear plane defined across front and rear faces of said kneepads, said pleats being monolithically formed with said shells and thereby allowing said kneepads to conform to the user knees, rear portions of said pleats maintaining continuous frictional surface area contact with said work pants such that said work pants are fixedly gripped during operating conditions and prevented from bunching up during operating conditions.