AT517915A1 - Neck protection for ice hockey - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a new neck protector for hockey players to prevent injuries in the neck area of a player and is characterized in that this neck guard about neckline-like, either at least in the neck region of the clothing (9) of the player (8) integrated body shape fair surface protective insert made of a flexible , bodyform adaptive, against the action of cuts by means of the cutting of the ice hockey skids, mechanically highly resistant base material is formed and that it at least two on band-like projections (3) arranged tamper-evident binding elements (41, 51), which at least two counter-bonding elements (42, 52) on which the player (8) imperatively to be worn hockey helmet (6), in particular in the region of the ear protection (62), fast closing and releasable, but are mechanically stable anbindbar.

Description

Neck protection for ice hockey

The invention relates to a new full protection, in particular for the neck, neck and larynx area of practitioners of ice hockey sports for the prevention of injuries, especially in the area of the neck of a player, in the event of a fall of the same or the like. during play, by cutting the runners of the ice hockey boots of one of the players or opponents, which includes a throat-like neck protector or such a full neck protector extending laterally therefrom on both sides of the player's shoulders, to be positioned on the player's shoulders , About wing-like shoulder protection sections and connected to the same and with the neck protection portion, about bibulous decolletage or upper chest protection portion, and optionally top back protection portion having.

The purpose of the new neck protector is to protect the neck area, especially the neck main artery of the player as possible against the life-threatening cuts described above by the skids of teammates or opponents in the event of a fall during the game.

As a result of the sharpened skids of the skates and the physical contact in the fight for the puck can lead to dangerous injuries, especially due to the high speed of the sport.

Although ice hockey athletes have a high and rapid response ability, one can and would like to be in stressful situations, e.g. when falling, do not have to rely on it.

The neck protector, which is currently marketed on the market, can not afford the necessary protection that the veteran imagines, why? 1) When carrying during agile, brisk game there is a risk that the neck guard slips and just where it is particularly necessary, no more security against wounding exists. 2) Some players feel so pressed by the tightness that the neck guard is deliberately only loosely attached and thus the desired protection is not given again. 3) In one movement, for example the player moves the head, e.g. his ear goes to the shoulder, the protection hardly moves and it results, for example, on the other side, again a larger, exposed body surface without any protection. Players lying on the ground, ie on the ice, are affected by this danger. 4) Some pros give up the neck protection for exactly the reason that the above points apply and their freedom of movement is thereby limited.

In the junior leagues wearing - probably worldwide - a neck protection is mandatory and that has a good reason, namely the young players, but also to offer the adult hobby or professional players the best possible protection.

The protective product according to the invention is intended to protect the vital areas, ie in particular the main artery, of the same wearer in every situation of the game, in which the neck protection is flexibly but firmly connected to the helmet during the game:

This is inventively achieved in that - this neck protector as - optionally formed essentially with the just mentioned sections or just about neckline - either integrated at least in the neck and possibly also shoulder area of the player's clothing or else independently überstreifbare of the same, preferably body shape , flat protective insert of a flexible, body-form-adaptable, against the action of, in particular sliding, cuts by cutting object having, in particular by means of cutting the runners of hockey shoes, mechanically highly resistant, optionally elastic, base material is formed and that he at least two spaced from each other, or on, in particular about band-like, projections or loops arranged manipulation-friendly binding elements, which on at least two corresponding counter-binding elements, to be borne by the player mandatory hockey helmet, especially in the field of the ear protection, fast closing and releasing, but are mechanically stable anbindbar.

Fixed push-button connection, probably the safest variant, Velcro or additional attached tabs or the like. can be used.

The criterion essential to the invention is a hitherto not yet used self-flexible direct connection between clothing of the ice hockey athlete and his helmet.

The helmet has ear protection and ear tabs. And it is precisely these ear tabs are in the important area that is needed for the new compound just mentioned and preferably can be used according to the invention.

A variant is that firmly riveted snaps are attached to the ear tabs of the helmet, which cooperate with their counterparts on the clothing of the athlete, whereby the slipping of the neck guard and its collapse or the like. is prevented. Riveting is an uncomplicated activity that can be done quickly with the right tools. This may be possible immediately on the spot, or during further processing in the course of future helmet production.

The novel protection product according to the invention can be processed, for example, 1) in the form of a underwear with cut-resistant neck protection integrated therein, 2) but also as an independent neck protector, by the athlete pulling on the single piece and, here too, ultimately the direct closure with one of the abovementioned possibilities for direct connection with the helmet.

From which fabrics the underwear is made, has by itself no decisive influence on the new product. It is best to use an otherwise advantageous functional underwear, which is often worn by the athlete.

The simplest form of the new neck protector is similar to the neck part of a turtleneck pullover, but advantageously with additional extensions of the fabric of the neck guard left and right for the lateral neck area. These not unimportant side parts are also conveniently sewn with a cut-resistant, movable material (inside) and reinforced, for example, with the print head counterpart.

In any case, the cut-resistant fabric used according to the invention should, in particular, be "movable" in order to limit the player's movements as little as possible: a particular example is 100% Kevlar fabric, possibly uncoated, undyed, 220 g / m 2, but also better such Materials can be used for the necessary protection.

The approximately short-tubular (shoulder) side panels are prefabricated depending on the size XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, for junior, but also for senior, with the (standard) average size of a human is used as a measure.

Example: Child, 7 years, 1m 30cm, 24kg, dress size 134 Width of the side panels: 7cm height or length of the side panels made of cut-resistant fabric: 11 cm

The front, chest side of the neck protector is also sewn with a cut-resistant fabric, and as a precaution also with an additional sewn inside foam to the larynx region against caning, (miss) shots or the like. to protect. For juniors, she is sewn automatically automatically, since neck protection is already the duty of youth leagues. For seniors it is reasonably also sewn automatically, or even to buy only with the side parts for the main artery. In this case, the (front) laryngeal protector can be omitted. However, it can be bought as an extra protection and is also available as a single piece.

How can this laryngoscope be connected for adults?

Again, a connection can be sewn on the underwear with integrated neck protection or on the single piece with integrated neck protection by Velcro and is removable at any time.

The rear side of the neck guard is also advantageously sewn to the closure in different ways with cut-resistant fabric. Closure is important to ensure comfort and clarity of fit.

It offer this, in particular Velcro and zipper on.

The following is a summary of the various embodiments of the present invention:

On the one hand unproblematic fast closing and releasing while ensuring high mechanical strength, an inventive neck protector has proven to be in which it is provided that its intended for binding to the hockey helmet extensions od.dgl over a bridge. the ice hockey helmet layable or by a kind of eyelet of the same durchziehbare, open, but ringschließbare loops, each themselves two mutually cooperable binding elements, in particular push button and counter-push button, hook and loop part of a hook and loop button and buttonhole, are formed, However, the binding to the hockey helmet by means of the eyelet or the like. the helmet pulled and ultimately closed loop takes place. It is advantageous if the cut-resistant protective insert is substantially textile-like, in particular in the form of a fine-meshed net, woven fabric, knitted fabric or random fiber fleece, with optionally lubricious, coated filaments made of the polymer plastic "Kevlar". This variant ensures particularly high protection against cuts.

With regard to the arrangement in or incorporation into the clothing of ice hockey athletes, it has proven particularly useful if the cut-resistant neck protection as an insert into the sports underwear, especially underwear, and / or in the textile or foil-like hockey outerwear, especially jacket, with built-in.

With regard to the arrangement of the cut-resistant neck protection, most known clothing integration solutions are suitable for this purpose. Has proven particularly useful such a solution in which the cut-resistant protective insert between two thin textile or sheet-like garment surfaces, especially -Stoffflächen arranged, at least one side, in particular sewn or full surface or a pattern, such as mesh pattern, Zig-Zag -Flächenmuster or the like., Glued or welded accordingly.

Another possibility is that the cut-resistant protective insert in the fabric of the hockey clothing directly woven or interacted with or the like. optionally, wherein the garment fabric filaments with the cut-resistant

Enveloped or encapsulated polymer material, or are formed as filaments of the fabric itself forming filament or thread material.

As such, the proportion of cut-resistant fabric in the garment in the neck-shoulder region can be best 100%, but in most cases, a proportion of the sliding cut resistant filament material in the protective insert of at least 30 wt .-%, in particular 55 to 85 wt .-%, based on the total weight quite well proven.

Coming back to the connection elements for the new and inventively very essential connection between ice hockey clothing and hockey helmet under full protection for the neck and shoulder region of the ice hockey player, it has proven particularly useful when the connection elements on the protective insert or on the same equipped with the garment and the with the same fastening-cooperable counter-connection elements, preferably in the region of the ear protection of the ice hockey helmet, are designed as snap-fastener or Velcro fastener connections that can be quickly tied together or detached from one another.

Reference to the drawing, the invention is explained in more detail:

It shows the Fig. 1 in schematic-sketchy form a particularly simple embodiment of the new, attachable to the helmet of the hockey player and thus immovable and not compressible during the game, about neck-neck like new neck protection and Fig. 2 shows the shape a full-neck protection with shoulder, chest and back side extension surfaces, as it may be integrated, for example, in a lingerie upper part. 5 to 10 show in photographic reproduction garments, in which the new neck protector is integrated, as well as a young person with the new protective clothing without a helmet from the side and from behind, further the person with the attached hockey helmet, with the Neck protector of the garment is connected, as well as two representations, from which the specific connection between the helmet and clothing of the player is precisely visible.

1 shows a particularly simple embodiment of the new neck protector 100, which can be applied with the zipper 20 open around the neck of the ice hockey player, and is designed essentially in the manner of a cervical collar, with two slightly spaced, slightly anterior humps 15.

The cervical neck protection 100 has - approximately opposite each other - two approximately from the humps 15 outgoing, band-like extensions 3, both of which are each equipped with the active part (male) 41 a snap fastener 40 in the region of their ends.

With these push-button active parts 41, the neck protector 100 can be connected, for example, to corresponding push-button passive parts (females) 42, for example in the region of the ear protection of the ice hockey helmet 6 of the ice hockey player, which is only symbolically represented, thus achieving a stable overall movement even with violent movements of the player's head little insensitive connection between the stably seated on the head of the helmet helmet - not shown here - and the neck of the player fully enclosing, and the same against cutting Kufenattacken protective neck guard 100 is guaranteed.

Instead of a push-button connection 40 between the neck guard 100 and the ice hockey helmet 6, a Velcro connection can easily occur with full protection of the player, which as such need not be shown here.

An even greater protection of the player against cuts, especially in the neck-close range, in the more expensive embodiments of the new full-neck protection 100 'shown in FIG. 2 achievable, especially if the same adapted to the hockey body or outerwear form or directly integrated into the clothing of the player.

Such a completed full-neck protection 100 'thus also shows schematically the FIG. 2, which is best equipped with a, for example, back, zipper 20 for dressing and undressing. It has an approximately neck ruff corresponding to the actual neck guard 100 forming neck portion 11 and laterally projecting from this, the cut of clothing and thus the shape of the upper body of the ice hockey player in the neck area adapted side parts 12, a chest part 13 and here further a back portion 14.

The neck portion 11 has, in addition to the two humps 15 for the protection of the jaw region of the player at least two of the same about approximately protruding connecting extensions 3, which here equal even with a push-button active part 41, for example, each in the region of the free ends of the extensions. 6 and in each case one with the above-mentioned push-button active part cooperable push button passive part 42, is formed.

With this connection extension 3 can each have a by od.dgl. in each case in the field of ear protection of the ice hockey helmet pull-through, "self-locking" connection loop or tab are formed, which contributes to the essential to the invention, secure connection between the ice hockey helmet and full-neck protection 100 'of the hockey player care.

With otherwise constant reference numerals, Fig. 3 shows an example of an integrated in a cover-camis 9 new neck guard 100, 11 wherein the two protective protuberance 15 with the outgoing from them band-like, for insertion into an eyelet or the like. of the ice hockey helmet and thus for the realization of the invention essential connection between player clothing and helmet essential band-like projections 3 are shown, which have at their ends, for example, the hook portions 51 of a hook-and-loop fastener 50. These hook parts 51 can after threading through the extension band 3 by an eyelet or the like. on the helmet for making the fixed connection between the helmet and neck guard 100 and clothing of the player with the outside of the neck guard arranged loop parts 52 of the hook and loop fastener 50 klettverbindungs-cooperate.

Fig. 4 shows - with otherwise consistent reference numerals - a young hockey player 8, which has created the integral with the neck guard 100, especially based on Kevlar, equipped ice hockey clothing 9, here very clearly the inside preferably designed with polymer foam Bump 15 with the outgoing from them band extensions 3, which may be formed, for example, as a whole with a hook-and-loop tape 52.

5 is - with otherwise constant reference numerals - to see how the neck protection part 100, 11 of the clothing 9 back here with a - shown - Velcro 50 is equipped.

Fig. 6 shows - with otherwise constant reference numerals - the young player in "full body" with a helmet 6 with protective grid 61 and chin guard 63 and with in the range of the ear protection 62 by means of the extension band, here Velcro 3, produced, only willingly releasable connection between clothing 9 and ice hockey helmet 6.

Finally, Fig. 7 shows - with otherwise constant reference numerals -very close to the invention essential connection between neck protection part 11 of the garment 9 of the player 8 by means of a web 63 of the helmet 6 drawn extension Velcro strip 3 with loop 52 and the throat protection part 11 arranged hook portion 51st Velcro 50.

Claims (8)

claims: 1. neck guard for ice hockey players to prevent injury, especially in the area of the neck of a player in the event of a fall of the same or the like. during the game, by cutting the runners of the ice hockey boots of one of the teammates or opponents, - which comprises a full-neck protection (100 ') extending around the neck of the player, extending laterally from the same on both sides, to be positioned on the shoulders thereof, about wing-like shoulder protection portions (12) and with the same and with the neck protection portion (11) connected, about bibulous decolletage or upper chest protection portion (13), characterized in - that this neck protection as - possibly substantially with the just mentioned sections (11, 12, 13) trained or approximately neckline-like - either at least in the neck and possibly also shoulder area of the player's clothing integrated or from the same independently überstreifbare, preferably bodyformgerecht, planar protection insert from a flexible, bodyformanpassungsfähigen, against the action of, in particular sliding, Cuts m It has at least two spaced-apart, or on, in particular about band-like, extensions (3) or loops arranged tamper-evident binding elements (in particular by means of cutting the runners of hockey shoes, hi-resistant, optionally elastic, 41, 51), which are at at least two corresponding counter-bonding elements (42, 52), at the compulsory to be worn by the player ice hockey helmet (6), in particular in the region of the ear protection, fast closing and releasing, but mechanically stable anbindbar , 2. Neck protector according to claim 1, characterized in that its for binding to the hockey helmet (6) provided extensions as a web or the like. the hockey helmet layable or by such an eyelet open, but ringschließbare extension bands (3), each itself two cooperative binding elements, in particular push button (41) and counter push button (42), hooks (51) - and loops (52) - element of a hook and loop fastener (50) or button and buttonhole are formed. 3. neck protector according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cut-resistant protective insert of the neck protector (100, 11) substantially textile-like, in particular as a fine mesh, woven, knitted or random fiber, with, optionally lubricious, coated, filaments of the Polymer plastic "Kevlar" is formed. 4. Neck protector according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the cut-resistant protective insert of the neck protector (100, 11) in the sports underwear, in particular underwear, and / or in the textile or foil-like hockey outerwear, in particular Jacket, with built-in. 5. Neck protection according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cut-resistant protective insert (1) between two thin textile or sheet-like garment surfaces, in particular fabric surfaces arranged, at least one side, in particular sewn, or the entire surface or a pattern, such as mesh pattern, Zig Zag surface pattern or the like., According glued or welded. 6. neck protector according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cut-resistant protective insert of the neck protector (100, 11) in the fabric of the hockey clothing (9) is woven directly with or acted, where appropriate, the clothing fabric Filaments are wrapped or encapsulated with the cut-resistant polymer protective material, or are formed as filaments of the (upper) Garment fabric (9) itself forming filament or thread material. 7. neck protector according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the proportion of the sliding section resistant filament material in the protective insert of the neck protector (100, 11) at least 30 wt .-%, in particular 55 to 85 wt .-%, based on their total weight is. 8. neck protection according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the connecting elements to the protective insert of the neck guard (100, 11) or on the same equipped with the garment (9) and the same with the same-cooperable counter-connection elements, preferably in the field of ear protection of the ice hockey helmet, as quickly bindable and detachable snap fastener or Velcro fasteners (40, 50) are formed.