Patent ID: 8726413

Claim:
A wrist guard comprising: an open cylindrical tube formed from a single piece of fabric material, said tube comprising: first and second opposing open ends of said tube to permit said tube to surround a body part, an inner surface and an outer surface between said first and second opposing open ends of said tube, wherein if said tube is inverted the inner surface becomes the outer surface, wherein said fabric material is continuous along an entire length of the inner surface between the first open end and the second opposing open end of said tube, and wherein said fabric material is folded over at the first open end and the second opposing open end to form the inner surface and the outer surface; one or more pockets extending along the length of said tube from the first open end to the second opposing open end, wherein said pockets are formed between the inner surface and the outer surface, and wherein said pockets have opposing pocket ends formed by the folds of the fabric material, so that the opposing pocket ends are permanently closed, and wherein at least one of said one or more pockets has a pocket opening spaced from and positioned between the opposing pocket ends; and one or more inserts each designed to removably fit through said opening, where said one or more inserts are bendable, and where said one or more inserts have a length sufficient to substantially fill the associated pocket, such that the inserts provide longitudinal stiffness to said tube.