CA1062851A - Sport garment - Google Patents
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Abstract
Title of the Invention SPORT GARMENT
Abstract of the Invention A uniform for combatants engaging in full contact con-test of Karate and the like consisting of a helmet and a torso protective garment and having a plurality of pockets mounted on the helmet and the garment at the positions of the vulnerable parts of their bodies. Within the pockets there are placed plas-tic bags that are inflated and which are ruptured with an explosive-type noise upon being inflicted a blow of predetermined force by an adversary to indicate an effective blow having been delivered that would have otherwise disabled the recipient of the blow. The pockets and the plastic bags will be made in various sizes to com-pal different degrees of accuracy required to score a hit for the various parts of one's body. In addition, the plastic bags will be made of various strengths of plastic in order to require pre-determined forces to rupture the various bags, the forces being commensurate with the force required to disable the opponent if no protective clothing were used.
Abstract of the Invention A uniform for combatants engaging in full contact con-test of Karate and the like consisting of a helmet and a torso protective garment and having a plurality of pockets mounted on the helmet and the garment at the positions of the vulnerable parts of their bodies. Within the pockets there are placed plas-tic bags that are inflated and which are ruptured with an explosive-type noise upon being inflicted a blow of predetermined force by an adversary to indicate an effective blow having been delivered that would have otherwise disabled the recipient of the blow. The pockets and the plastic bags will be made in various sizes to com-pal different degrees of accuracy required to score a hit for the various parts of one's body. In addition, the plastic bags will be made of various strengths of plastic in order to require pre-determined forces to rupture the various bags, the forces being commensurate with the force required to disable the opponent if no protective clothing were used.
Description
106Z~Sl ~5~b~vention 1. Field oP the Invention ~ his in~ention relates to ~port garments and i~ more particularly directed to ~uch garment~ that offer protection to the participant6 of ~uch ~ports a~ karate and the like but al80 a#si~ts in determining the effectiveness of each conte~tant.
2. Description o~ the Prior Art There are sports in which two contestants oppo~e each other to determine a winner or one who exhibits a greater degree of dexterity in that ~port than the other. Such ~portæ are boxing 2 and wre3tling. However, there are certain sport~ that involve a high degree of violence that would cause severe injurie~ to the participants, and therefore in these ~port~ protective garment~
are required to be used when in combat. ~hese sports include fencing, karate and the like. A problem arises in the use of pro-tective clothing, in that it becomes difficult if not impossible for re~erees and umpires to determine a winner in a conte~t. In the field of fencing, this problem was solved by either painting the tip Or a ~oil, which upon conta¢t with the opponent's garment will leave a mark thereon or havs the tip of the foil act a3 an 2 electrode which when contacting the opponent's garment clo~e~ a cirouit to indicate the contact to the of~icial~, thereby resol~ing the winner absolutely without any doubts nor any guessing on the part of the o~flcials.
Karate, which i8 an art of unarmed self defense i9 the most violent Or sports involving two opposing contestants. At the pre~ent time, in tournaments the contestants either go through the motions without making contact with his opponent or they wear protect;~Je clothing to permit execution of their motions. In either instance there are provided a number o~ officials who ob~erve the conte~tants in combat and then de~ermine in their judg-ment, the winner. Since the o~ficials must, in effect, have toguess which motions resulted in proper and effective forceful blows or counterblows and which were either inef~ective or glancing in force, the results of most of the contest could not be positive aY
to the true winner.
The present invention contemplates avoiding the above indicated objections to the manner of determining the winner of a contest in karate and the like by providing means for indicating the part of the body upon which the blow wa~ inflicted on an oppo-nent and al~o determines whether or not the blow was su~ficiently 4 forceful to inflict the disabling efiect desired, had the oppo-nent not ~orn the protective clothing so that there is no doubt a~ to the winner o~ the conte~t.
~Y~a~ the In~
~ herefore? a principal object of the present invention is to provide participant~ in the sport of karate and the like with garments that permit the participants to completely execute their motions that would normally inflict damage and injury to the participants, and also premits the proper and exact determi-nation as to the winner of the conte~t.
Another object of the present invention i8 to provide the participants o~ the ~port of karate and the like with protective clothing on which certain mean~ are placed which determines the part of the body rec~!ived by a blow or motion from one of the oppo-nents by the other and the amount of force inflicted by that blow.
A further object of the pre~ent invention is to provide the participants of the sport of karate and the like with protec-tive clothing having targets mounted thereon, which upon being struck by an opponent indicates the force of the blow and the theoreti¢al damage or injury that ~ould have been inflicted if the protective clothing had not been used.
A still further ob~ect of the present invention i8 to provide the participants of the ~port of karate and the like with protective clothing having pockets positioned at the vulnerable parts of a person's body and burstable inflated me~bers placed therein, which upon recei~ing a direct blow in true combat contact from an opponent, will bur~t with a loud noi~e to correctly indi-cate the execution of a proper blow at a vulnerable part of his opponent's body 80 as to remove any guessing in the determination as to the winner of the contest.
With these and other objects in view, the invention will be be~t under~tood from a con~deration of the following detailed de~cription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this ~pecification, with the understanding, how-106Z85~L
e~er~ that the invention i~ not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modifîed 80 long as 8uch changes or modificationg mark no material depar-ture from the salient feature~ of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
106285~
BRIEF DESCRI~TION OF T~
In the drawing~
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a person shown by dotted lines wearing protective clothing embodying my invention.
Figures 2 and 3 are front and side views of the tor~o protective clothing.
Figures 4 and 5 are front and ~ide views of the head protector.
Figure 6 i8 a per3pecti~e view of a bur~table inflated member.
Re~erring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used throu~hout the several views to indicate similar parts, the num-eral~ 10 and 20 refer to a helmet and tor80 protector respectively, that embody my in~ention. Positioned on the helmet 10 and tor80 protector 20 are a plurality of pockets for containing burstable in~lated members 30, the pocket~, to be explained in detail here-inafter are positioned at the vulnerable parts of a person~æ body.
The helmet 10 i5 similar in construction to that used by football 8 players consisting of a protective covering 11 for the head and ears made of fiberglass and padded with rubber and the like on the inside (not ~hown) sur~ace. Across the face opening 12 are a plurality of spaced bars 13 that join the vertical bar 14 at the cènter o~ the front of the helmet 10. Mounted thereon and affixed to the bars 13, 14 is a pocket 15 which iB positioned in line with and below a person's nose. On each side of the helmet 10 in ali~nment with a person'~ temples is a pocket 16 affixed ~hereon, as by cementin~ or gluing.
~he torso protector 20 is similar in shape construction to 8 that of a catcher in baseball consisting of layers of padded and blow absorbing materials of somewhat rectangular shape 21 covering the front and side of the torso of a person. There are shoulder portions 22 extending over the shoulder~ and tied together by straps 23 that extend from the ends of the shoulder portions 22.
A pair of further straps 24 extending from each of *he ~ide edges of the body portion 21 are used to secure the latter to the user's body in a snug and fitted manner. ~t the lower edge of the body portion 21 of the protector 20 extends a centrally positioned flap 25 with ~laps 26 on each side thereof. Along approximately the centerline of the body portion 21 is a plurality of pockets 27, 28, 29 and 30 af~ixed to the body protector 20. The pocket 27 i5 in proximity of the user's adam's apple and the pocket 28 protects the uæer's solar plexi~. The pocket 29 covers the user's stomach while the pocket 30 is in alignment with the user's groin.
~06Z851 Into each of these pockets 15, 16 and 27 to 31 inclusive there i8 placed an air fllled burstable sealed bag 40 made pre-ferably of plastic material which when ~truck by a blow of suffi-cient force will burst accompanied by an explosion-type noise.
Each o~ the bags 40 consist of a sleeve-like member of sheet plastic with both edges 41 sealed to contain air trapped therein.
~ he bags 40 will be of appropriate si~e, as are the pocket~, to cover the particular target it i~ corerin~. For instance, the pocket 27 and bag 40 for the Adam's apple will be smaller in size than the ætomach pocket 29 and bag 40 contained therein since the Adam's apple of a person presents a smaller target than the larger size of a person's stomach. Also, since certain parts of a person's body are more ~ulnerable to blows than other parts, whereby a les~er force struck at one part of a per~on's body can be as disabling to the combatant as a greater force at another part of his body. For example, a blow in the stomach or ribs would render a less disabling effect on a com~a-tant than the same blo~ on the per~on's Adam's apple or groin. In order that this factor be taken into consideration when ~wo persons are engaged in a karate exercise of full contact, the ~arious in-flated members 40 are made QP sheet plastic of different thick-nesses 80 that blows o~ varying forces will be scored as a hit.
The inflated members 40 of the ~ace, tsmples, Adam's apple and groin will be formed of thinner plastic than those of the ribs, solar plexis and the stomach so that a blow of certain force will rupture the inflated members 40 of the face, temples, Adam's apple and groin, while a blow of greater force i8 required to rupture the inflated members 40 of the ribs, solar plexis and ~tomach. In addition, with the rupturing of the inflatable members 40, points are attributed to the combatant that causes the rupture of the in-flatable member 40. The amount of the score of points being dirsctly related to the disabling effect of the blow on the combatant.`
~06Z8.~1 ." , ,... .,. ., .~ ` ..; . "~` ~
~ he contest between two comba~ant~ in karate can now be a spectator sport in the same manner as boxing. With each com-batant attired in the protectîve clothing 20 and helmet 10 and the proper inflatable members 40 having been placed in the pocket~
15, 16 and 27 to 31 inclusiYe, the combatants can then engage in the karate exerci~e imparting full impact thrusts and blows at each other. As each inflatable member 40 is ruptured, accompanied by a loud noise, a score is kept. As in boxing, the combatantæ will engage in the karate exerci~e by rounds of a certain duration with rest periods in between. If one of the combatants achieves a certain designated score by rupturing a number c$ inflatable members 40 or the combatant having the highest score at the end of the pre-scribed number of rounds will be declared the winner.
Now, karate can be demon~trated as a ~port~n the sa~e manner as in a boxing contest in which two combatants fi~ht to determine a winner. No longer will it be necessary for judges to observe and evaluate each blow on the basis of whether the blow was of ~ufficient force to be a di~abling blow or lethal blow or whether it ~as an incon~equential blow. Normally in a karate con-test, the combatants act 50 fast and the blows as well as the counterblows occur in such rapidity t~at it is di~ficult if not impo~sibls to ~ee and evaluate all such blows. Consequently, the decision as to which combatant won the conte~t amounts to an opin-ion and not as a re~ult of a true measure of the combatants' efforts. With the use of the hel~et 10 and garment 20, the cQm-batants can be a~sured that the one named the winner will be the one I who receivsd the highest number point~ or a predesignated number of point~ as determined by the ruptured members 40 by each combatant on the garment and head gear Or his opponent. If spsctators are present observing the conte~t, they will be apprised of the skill of each of the combatant~ by the noise emitted by the inflatable members 40 as they are ~truck by t~Oe combatant~ and ruptured .~
are required to be used when in combat. ~hese sports include fencing, karate and the like. A problem arises in the use of pro-tective clothing, in that it becomes difficult if not impossible for re~erees and umpires to determine a winner in a conte~t. In the field of fencing, this problem was solved by either painting the tip Or a ~oil, which upon conta¢t with the opponent's garment will leave a mark thereon or havs the tip of the foil act a3 an 2 electrode which when contacting the opponent's garment clo~e~ a cirouit to indicate the contact to the of~icial~, thereby resol~ing the winner absolutely without any doubts nor any guessing on the part of the o~flcials.
Karate, which i8 an art of unarmed self defense i9 the most violent Or sports involving two opposing contestants. At the pre~ent time, in tournaments the contestants either go through the motions without making contact with his opponent or they wear protect;~Je clothing to permit execution of their motions. In either instance there are provided a number o~ officials who ob~erve the conte~tants in combat and then de~ermine in their judg-ment, the winner. Since the o~ficials must, in effect, have toguess which motions resulted in proper and effective forceful blows or counterblows and which were either inef~ective or glancing in force, the results of most of the contest could not be positive aY
to the true winner.
The present invention contemplates avoiding the above indicated objections to the manner of determining the winner of a contest in karate and the like by providing means for indicating the part of the body upon which the blow wa~ inflicted on an oppo-nent and al~o determines whether or not the blow was su~ficiently 4 forceful to inflict the disabling efiect desired, had the oppo-nent not ~orn the protective clothing so that there is no doubt a~ to the winner o~ the conte~t.
~Y~a~ the In~
~ herefore? a principal object of the present invention is to provide participant~ in the sport of karate and the like with garments that permit the participants to completely execute their motions that would normally inflict damage and injury to the participants, and also premits the proper and exact determi-nation as to the winner of the conte~t.
Another object of the present invention i8 to provide the participants o~ the ~port of karate and the like with protective clothing on which certain mean~ are placed which determines the part of the body rec~!ived by a blow or motion from one of the oppo-nents by the other and the amount of force inflicted by that blow.
A further object of the pre~ent invention is to provide the participants of the sport of karate and the like with protec-tive clothing having targets mounted thereon, which upon being struck by an opponent indicates the force of the blow and the theoreti¢al damage or injury that ~ould have been inflicted if the protective clothing had not been used.
A still further ob~ect of the present invention i8 to provide the participants of the ~port of karate and the like with protective clothing having pockets positioned at the vulnerable parts of a person's body and burstable inflated me~bers placed therein, which upon recei~ing a direct blow in true combat contact from an opponent, will bur~t with a loud noi~e to correctly indi-cate the execution of a proper blow at a vulnerable part of his opponent's body 80 as to remove any guessing in the determination as to the winner of the contest.
With these and other objects in view, the invention will be be~t under~tood from a con~deration of the following detailed de~cription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this ~pecification, with the understanding, how-106Z85~L
e~er~ that the invention i~ not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modifîed 80 long as 8uch changes or modificationg mark no material depar-ture from the salient feature~ of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
106285~
BRIEF DESCRI~TION OF T~
In the drawing~
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a person shown by dotted lines wearing protective clothing embodying my invention.
Figures 2 and 3 are front and side views of the tor~o protective clothing.
Figures 4 and 5 are front and ~ide views of the head protector.
Figure 6 i8 a per3pecti~e view of a bur~table inflated member.
Re~erring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used throu~hout the several views to indicate similar parts, the num-eral~ 10 and 20 refer to a helmet and tor80 protector respectively, that embody my in~ention. Positioned on the helmet 10 and tor80 protector 20 are a plurality of pockets for containing burstable in~lated members 30, the pocket~, to be explained in detail here-inafter are positioned at the vulnerable parts of a person~æ body.
The helmet 10 i5 similar in construction to that used by football 8 players consisting of a protective covering 11 for the head and ears made of fiberglass and padded with rubber and the like on the inside (not ~hown) sur~ace. Across the face opening 12 are a plurality of spaced bars 13 that join the vertical bar 14 at the cènter o~ the front of the helmet 10. Mounted thereon and affixed to the bars 13, 14 is a pocket 15 which iB positioned in line with and below a person's nose. On each side of the helmet 10 in ali~nment with a person'~ temples is a pocket 16 affixed ~hereon, as by cementin~ or gluing.
~he torso protector 20 is similar in shape construction to 8 that of a catcher in baseball consisting of layers of padded and blow absorbing materials of somewhat rectangular shape 21 covering the front and side of the torso of a person. There are shoulder portions 22 extending over the shoulder~ and tied together by straps 23 that extend from the ends of the shoulder portions 22.
A pair of further straps 24 extending from each of *he ~ide edges of the body portion 21 are used to secure the latter to the user's body in a snug and fitted manner. ~t the lower edge of the body portion 21 of the protector 20 extends a centrally positioned flap 25 with ~laps 26 on each side thereof. Along approximately the centerline of the body portion 21 is a plurality of pockets 27, 28, 29 and 30 af~ixed to the body protector 20. The pocket 27 i5 in proximity of the user's adam's apple and the pocket 28 protects the uæer's solar plexi~. The pocket 29 covers the user's stomach while the pocket 30 is in alignment with the user's groin.
~06Z851 Into each of these pockets 15, 16 and 27 to 31 inclusive there i8 placed an air fllled burstable sealed bag 40 made pre-ferably of plastic material which when ~truck by a blow of suffi-cient force will burst accompanied by an explosion-type noise.
Each o~ the bags 40 consist of a sleeve-like member of sheet plastic with both edges 41 sealed to contain air trapped therein.
~ he bags 40 will be of appropriate si~e, as are the pocket~, to cover the particular target it i~ corerin~. For instance, the pocket 27 and bag 40 for the Adam's apple will be smaller in size than the ætomach pocket 29 and bag 40 contained therein since the Adam's apple of a person presents a smaller target than the larger size of a person's stomach. Also, since certain parts of a person's body are more ~ulnerable to blows than other parts, whereby a les~er force struck at one part of a per~on's body can be as disabling to the combatant as a greater force at another part of his body. For example, a blow in the stomach or ribs would render a less disabling effect on a com~a-tant than the same blo~ on the per~on's Adam's apple or groin. In order that this factor be taken into consideration when ~wo persons are engaged in a karate exercise of full contact, the ~arious in-flated members 40 are made QP sheet plastic of different thick-nesses 80 that blows o~ varying forces will be scored as a hit.
The inflated members 40 of the ~ace, tsmples, Adam's apple and groin will be formed of thinner plastic than those of the ribs, solar plexis and the stomach so that a blow of certain force will rupture the inflated members 40 of the face, temples, Adam's apple and groin, while a blow of greater force i8 required to rupture the inflated members 40 of the ribs, solar plexis and ~tomach. In addition, with the rupturing of the inflatable members 40, points are attributed to the combatant that causes the rupture of the in-flatable member 40. The amount of the score of points being dirsctly related to the disabling effect of the blow on the combatant.`
~06Z8.~1 ." , ,... .,. ., .~ ` ..; . "~` ~
~ he contest between two comba~ant~ in karate can now be a spectator sport in the same manner as boxing. With each com-batant attired in the protectîve clothing 20 and helmet 10 and the proper inflatable members 40 having been placed in the pocket~
15, 16 and 27 to 31 inclusiYe, the combatants can then engage in the karate exerci~e imparting full impact thrusts and blows at each other. As each inflatable member 40 is ruptured, accompanied by a loud noise, a score is kept. As in boxing, the combatantæ will engage in the karate exerci~e by rounds of a certain duration with rest periods in between. If one of the combatants achieves a certain designated score by rupturing a number c$ inflatable members 40 or the combatant having the highest score at the end of the pre-scribed number of rounds will be declared the winner.
Now, karate can be demon~trated as a ~port~n the sa~e manner as in a boxing contest in which two combatants fi~ht to determine a winner. No longer will it be necessary for judges to observe and evaluate each blow on the basis of whether the blow was of ~ufficient force to be a di~abling blow or lethal blow or whether it ~as an incon~equential blow. Normally in a karate con-test, the combatants act 50 fast and the blows as well as the counterblows occur in such rapidity t~at it is di~ficult if not impo~sibls to ~ee and evaluate all such blows. Consequently, the decision as to which combatant won the conte~t amounts to an opin-ion and not as a re~ult of a true measure of the combatants' efforts. With the use of the hel~et 10 and garment 20, the cQm-batants can be a~sured that the one named the winner will be the one I who receivsd the highest number point~ or a predesignated number of point~ as determined by the ruptured members 40 by each combatant on the garment and head gear Or his opponent. If spsctators are present observing the conte~t, they will be apprised of the skill of each of the combatant~ by the noise emitted by the inflatable members 40 as they are ~truck by t~Oe combatant~ and ruptured .~
Claims (5)
1. A uniform for combatants engaging in Karate and the like comprising a protective garment consisting of blow absorbing material, means mounted on said material for secur-ing said garment about the torso of said combatants, a plural-ity of force indicating means mounted on said garment and positioned so as to cover the vulnerable parts of the body of each of said combatants for indicating when a blow of pre-determined force has been inflicted on one of the combatants by the other, each of said means consisting of a pliable member forming an enclosed chamber inflated so as to only con-tain matter consisting essentially of fluid material, said fluid material including a substantial proportion of gas, said member requiring said blow of predetermined force to become ruptured and to simultaneously emit a substantially loud noise to indicate reception of said blow at one of said vulnerable parts of not less than said predetermined force by said one of said combatants and further means removably securing said pliable members to said garment whereby ruptured members are readily replaced by unruptured members.
2. The structure as recited by claim 1 taken in combination with a helmet mountable on said combatant's head for protection thereto, and a plurality of said pliable members mounted on said helmet so as to cover the vulnerable parts of the head of each of said combatants and said further means removably securing said pliable members to said helmet.
3. The structure as recited by claim 2 wherein said further means comprises a plurality of pockets secured to said garment and said helmet removably receiving said pliable members.
4. The structure as recited by claim 3 wherein each of said pliable members comprises substantially pliable sheet material formed in a sleeve and sealed along their edges forming an enclosed chamber containing air therein whereby upon the inflicting of a blow of sufficient force thereon said member shall be ruptured and accompanied by a loud noise.
5. The structure as recited by claim 4 wherein said pliable members positioned in said pockets are constructed in either lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight strengths, thereby requiring different force to rupture said members.
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