Patent ID: 7353546

Claim:
A sports apparatus that secures a position of protective pads worn on each arm of a user, comprising: a single continuous sheet of pliable material bounded by a continuous outer edge and containing an aperture therein bounded by a continuous inner edge of the single continuous sheet of pliable material, the aperture being sized to allow a head of the user to pass through so that the single continuous sheet rests on shoulders of the user; the single continuous sheet is shaped to have a major axis parallel with the shoulders and a minor axis such that the major axis is larger than the minor axis a first means for detachably suspending a first protective pad from the single continuous sheet of pliable material, the first means comprising: a first strap having a first end and a second end, the second end having a means for attaching to the first protective pad, a first ring attached to the single continuous sheet of pliable material at a location adjacent to the continuous inner edge that bounds the aperture with only the first end of the first strap being attached to the first ring such that the first strap has freedom of movement about the attachment of the first end of the first strap to the first ring; a second means for detachably suspending a second protective pad from the single continuous sheet of pliable material at a position on substantially the opposite side of the aperture from the first means, the second means comprising: a second strap having a first end and a second end, the second end having a means for attaching to the second protective pad, a second ring attached to the single continuous sheet of pliable material at a location adjacent to the continuous inner edge that bounds the aperture with only the first end of the second strap being attached to the second ring such that the second strap has freedom of movement about the attachment of the first end of the second strap to the second ring.