Patent ID: 7882568

Claim:
A two piece knee pad, the knee pad comprising: a knee cap stabilizer strap which includes a back support panel and two forked portions each of which have a top arm and a bottom arm that are effective to wrap around above and below a human knee to anchor the strap to a wear's leg, the arms of each of the forked portions extending from the back support panel creating a window for the knee when it is strapped to the wearer, the forked portions extending from the back support panel such that the top and bottom arms of each fork section extend away from the top and bottom arms of the other fork section; and a releasable pad portion releasably attached to the knee cap stabilizer strap when the strap is on a wearer's knee without removal of the strap, the releasable pad positioned to cover the window for the knee and to protect the knee when the releasable pad is attached to the stabilizer strap; and wherein the releasable pad includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and a cushion, and the knee cap stabilizer strap includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the arms of the forked portions including proximal ends at the ends where the arms have bases which are attached to the back support panel and distal ends opposite the proximal ends, the inner surface of the releasable pad having a peripheral area which includes a first mating section of a hook and loop fastener, the cushion located on the inner surface inward from the outer circumference of the releasable pad and inward from the peripheral area of the pad, the outer surface of the knee cap stabilizer strap having a second mating section that secures the first mating section of the hook and loop fastener, the releasable pad overlying the distal ends of the arms of the stabilizer strap; wherein the back support panel of the knee cap stabilizer strap has a length which is to be wrapped horizontally around the back of the knee and a height which runs vertically behind the knee when worn, and the forked portions of the knee cap stabilizer strap has a length which is to be wrapped horizontally around the knee and a width runs vertically up and down the leg when worn, the width of the back support panel being less than the widths of the forked portions of the knee stabilizer strap; wherein the releasable pad includes a top stretchable fabric substrate and a top exterior stretchable fabric surface, a bottom stretchable fabric substrate and a plurality of spaced separate resilient foam elements sandwiched between and adhesively affixed to the top and bottom stretchable fabric substrates.