Patent ID: 7937769

Claim:
A device for protecting a leg, including a shin and a knee, and a front portion of an ankle of a wearer, said device comprising: a support frame having an inner surface that is placed toward said wearer's leg and an outer surface that is against a floor, when said wearer is working in a kneeling position, and a support frame strap for securing said support frame to said wearer's leg; and a pad having an upper section that includes a knee section, a lower section that includes a lower shin section, an ankle section, and a strap section between said lower shin section and said ankle section, said pad having a longitudinal direction that extends between said knee section and said ankle section; wherein said ankle section has a truncated fork, which, when said device is worn by said wearer, provides a recess formed by ankle sides, said recess being adapted to straddle an upper part of a foot at said ankle and said ankle sides extending downward along sides of said foot; wherein said upper section has a width that covers a knee and an upper shin portion of the wearer's leg and said lower shin section has a width that is narrower than said upper section; wherein said strap section has two strap ears, one strap ear extending outwardly on each side of said strap pad in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction, such that a width of said strap section is wider than said width of said lower shin section, so as to allow said strap section to wrap about the wearer's leg just above said ankle, each said one strap ear having an outer edge that extends substantially in said longitudinal direction when said strap section is wrapped about the wearer's leg and a detent in said outer edge that serves as a guide for said support frame strap, and said width of said strap section serving as a cushion against the wearer's leg so as to allow said support frame strap to be snugly securable about said wearer's leg without causing discomfort; and wherein said pad is assemblable on said inner surface of said support frame and said support frame strap, when held in said detent of said two strap ears, together with said ankle section with said recess, serves to properly align said support frame and said pad on said leg.