CN1688369A

CN1688369A - Device for protecting a leg

Info

Publication number: CN1688369A
Application number: CN03824144.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·G·弗里布尔格
Original assignee: DUTCH THINKING MAN BV
Current assignee: DUTCH THINKING MAN BV
Priority date: 2002-09-09
Filing date: 2003-09-09
Publication date: 2005-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 2023-09-09
Also published as: CA2498328A1; US20060179551A1; WO2004022176A1; AU2010202831A1; CN100588442C; AU2003263665A1; JP2005537849A; NL1021419C2; EP1545722A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device (1) for protecting a leg (2), comprising: a body (3) with an underside and an upper side for placing round at least a part of a leg (2) above the foot as seen in vertical direction; wherein the body (3) comprises material with elastic properties, and wherein said body (3) at least partially encloses the leg as seen in horizontal direction.

Description

The device of protection leg

When adopting firm relatively bodily protection or putting on firm cloth or footwear; occur to bodily tissue, as the stimulation of other organ of skin, darker bodily tissue such as musculature or human body through regular meeting, this stimulation can appear at as under the situation that adopts the duricrust footwear.This footwear be commonly used in skifield or skate or similar in.Therefore this footwear are typically provided with softer liner.

Yet this liner is normally not satisfied.As when skiing, if the kanone makes his following leg remain on the position that turns forward, the front side of leg is subjected to heavy load, therefore above-mentioned stimulation can occur.

In order to eliminate this defective, the invention provides a kind of device of protecting leg, it comprises:

Body with upside and downside is centered around the shank to small part that is positioned at the pin top when vertical direction looks in order to be placed to;

Wherein body comprises the material with elastic property,

Wherein body surrounds this leg at least in part when horizontal direction looks.

Adopt this device to provide additional protection for leg.By adopting a kind of like this embodiment, leg can be subjected to good protection, make leg can not be subjected to as ski boots and skin between generation stimulation when contact.Can prevent the skin irritatin of the type that stimulates as scratch, fraying, or the stimulation of the lower-hierarchy as wounding or dampening.

In a preferred embodiment, the major part of body sees that from horizontal direction whole shank is besieged in the back around being placed on leg.In this embodiment, body entirely surrounds leg.This for example just has is placing the advantage that the back body adheres to securely around leg.Also having an advantage is all can protect leg on all sidepieces, therefore just can produce well distributed to from the pressure loading of outside.

In another embodiment, the downside of body is provided with a recess, is used for placing the front side of leg.If this device is placed on the bottom of leg, and body do not load on the top of pin, and it has advantage.This target is realized by the recess of present embodiment.Also have an advantage to be if leg moves forward with respect to the pin of level, the material of body can not be deposited in pin and the leg that moves forward between the space of minimizing between.

This device also further comprises at least one support member, is used for being placed to behind leg at this device supporting the leg of a part near this support member.Here an advantage that has is that the special part of leg can be subjected to better protect.Here very important, because leg does not have uniform shape and/or structure, the front portion of part shin bone can be outstanding, particularly all the more so under the stand under load situation with respect to centering on this bone tissue.Therefore can excessively be squeezed under the stand under load situation at the locational skin of this bone.One or more support members can help to prevent this load.

In yet another embodiment, have two support members on the body inboard, they are substantially disposed on the either side of body front side, are used for preventing the stimulation that the duricrust owing to footwear produces with bone.Prevent that other from stimulating yet also can imagine with other support member, they can prevent the stimulation that the cut-off parts by body causes equally, thereby body is not exerted pressure on the position of determining.Yet body can be with on the position around the exert pressure recess.

The thickness of body or support member is preferably transformable.A favourable effect of bulk material thickness variable is that support force or the pressure on leg changes along with thickness.The relatively thinner part of the thicker part of body provides bigger pressure.

The size of body is preferably set for and is made this device closely around one leg, it is contemplated that here the bottom is thinner than top, because the common anklebone part of one leg is thinner than the fibula part.

This body and/or support member preferably include plastics, it is contemplated that here to adopt as neoprene latex.Material has extraordinary elastic performance and low-down water imbibition like this, therefore only absorbs the water of minute quantity, does not almost have dust along with water enters this material.

Device of the present invention preferably also comprises to be used so that body centers on the fixture of one leg.If this body does not entirely surround this leg in the horizontal direction certainly, is favourable for body provides fixture so.This fixture is fixed on the tram of leg this device well.A specially suitable embodiment of this fixture is colluding and encircling as nylon drawstring.

In another embodiment, body is fixed into cylinder or taper along a basic vertical seam.By selecting suitable shape and diameter, just realized the device of a band body, this body is placed in the top with tight ness rating whole surface about equally.

In yet another embodiment, this body comprises the mark that is used for removing a body part.As previously discussed, it is favourable that some special recesses are set on body, can reduce the pressure on the leg of recess position like this.Because different users may have different requirements, is favourable if can settle recess by customer requirements.Mark with function indication can advantageously assist to produce suitable and/or satisfactory recess.

Further advantage of the present invention, feature and details are described below with reference to accompanying drawings.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is illustrated in the view of the part excision of first embodiment in first purposes;

Fig. 2 is the view of Fig. 1 detail section excision;

Fig. 3 is the perspective view of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is the perspective view of the part excision of another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the perspective view of further embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 6 is the perspective view of further embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 7 is the perspective view of further embodiment of this invention.

One embodiment of the present of invention (Fig. 1) are used on the supporter of diagram kanone's shin bone.Its a kind of details (Fig. 2) illustrates supporter 1, and this supporter is placed to around leg L.As shown in the figure, this supporter is chosen to the diameter at top greater than the bottom, thereby consistent with the shape of leg.

Fig. 3 illustrates further preferred embodiment with the summary form.In this view, body 3 is shown has tapered shape.Yet it can be the shape that not too resembles circular cone of first different incisions, and the material of this embodiment is neoprene latex preferably, because it has very useful material property, the elasticity as very high, moisture resistance, softness and dimensional instability.The front side of present embodiment is on the direction of arrow F.In this embodiment, the bottom of front side has one, and the outside of body 3 is interconnected by seam 6 by cut surface and the bonding recess rear side at this device, and this can select to adopt to glued joint and strengthen.Only select to glued joint also enough sometimes, because present embodiment is closed near rear side, it is mode simply, be placed to around shank, promptly by body 3 is enclosed within on the pin, until it be positioned at around the correct of the bottom of leg or need the position on.

The thickness of plastics or neoprene latex is in several millimeters to several centimetres scope.This thickness can be selected by the load environment of its use.Can select suitable plastic or neoprene latex compound according to definite operating position.Can obtain only material property like this.

Fig. 4 represents another embodiment, and it comprises a body 7, and the rear portion of body 7 is connected by the seam 8 with Fig. 3 embodiment similar fashion.Present embodiment also is provided with

support member

9,10, and they are arranged on the body portion inboard, and their set positions becomes when body centers on shank, and shin bone is substantially between support member 9 and 10.Therefore excessive pressure is added near the part of shin bone, has discharged the pressure that is added on the skin of shin thus.

In the another embodiment of Fig. 5, zone with nylon drawstring 13 is positioned at the inboard of body 12, extra supporting

pad

14,15 has nylon drawstring 16 too, and by adding nylon drawstring, present embodiment can be used under the situation that is with or without additional support pad 14,15.These supporting pads can be placed on the inboard of body 12 as required, thereby make the user of this device can determine the position that he definitely will place.

In the another embodiment of Fig. 6, the rear portion of body 17 is not permanently connected together.In this embodiment, fix body with

nylon drawstring

18,19, so may pine or tightly with body around shank.Can certainly between the left and right sides at device rear portion, stay some spaces.

In a further preferred embodiment, body 21 extends on around the part of leg.The body here is provided with fixture, and this fixture has the such form of nylon drawstring 22 as an example, in order to body is fixed around leg.Equally also can implement present embodiment under the situation that does not have fixture 22, wherein available socks or duricrust footwear wrap the way of body, and body 21 folders are leaned against on the leg.

The further advantage of the foregoing description is: for example be used for ski boots, leg can be securely fixed in the shank of ski boots when skiing, can handle the skiing direction better in use thus.If the shank downside just in time is placed on the ankle-joint top, here because flexible material just can discharge the pressure that is added on the outstanding ankle-joint.The additional protection that adopts apparatus of the present invention to provide can become more and more important sooner owing to development, the speed of skiing.Kanone's the locational load of following leg can be bigger, and therefore extra support will become more important.

Also may carry out special body design, thereby can consider the specific difference of left and right leg shape left leg and right leg.

Because material can extend, and especially adopts limited size, all leg sizes all can provide suitable shank.The further advantage that this material is selected is that its proportion is low especially, has therefore simplified the transport of this shank.When design during supporter, also to consider the difference between men and women's the leg, here design and size all are important.

Can also be polytype rubber or latex class material with type of material in the above-described embodiments, as select rubber orthopedic (orthopaedic) rubber for use.Memory foam type rubber as Tempur also can adopt, and comprises that closed cell foam also is very practical.

The application's patent right is not restricted to the described embodiments, and should be limited by following claim.

Claims

1. device of protecting leg comprises:

Body with downside and upside is used for centering on the part of leg at least, and the part of this leg is above the leg that vertical direction looks,

Wherein this body comprises the material with elastic performance; With

Wherein when when horizontal direction is looked, this body surrounds this shank at least in part.

2. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the major part of this body entirely surrounds this leg in the horizontal direction after placing around leg.

3. as the device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the downside of body is provided with the recess of the front side that is used for placing leg.

4. or multinomial device in the claim as described above comprises at least one support member, is used for the part that supports the leg of close this support member after the leg being placed to.

5. device as claimed in claim 4 is included in two support members of body inboard, and these two supporters are placed on the either side of body front side substantially.

6. as the device of claim 4 or 5, wherein support member comprises and the body identical materials.

7. or multinomial device in the claim as described above, wherein the thickness of body or support member is transformable.

8. or multinomial device in the claim as described above, wherein this device size is chosen to make this device to be close to leg.

9. or multinomial device in the claim as described above, wherein body and/or support member comprise plastics.

10. or multinomial device in the claim as described above, wherein body and/or support member comprise neoprene latex.

11. as one among the claim 1-9 or multinomial device, wherein body and/or support member comprise foam or memory foam rubber.

12. as one among the claim 1-8 or multinomial device, wherein body and/or support member comprise rubber or latex.

13. in the claim or multinomial device also comprise making body center on the fixing fixture of leg as described above.

14. as the device of claim 13, wherein fixture comprises colluding and encircling as nylon drawstring.

15. as one among the claim 1-12 or multinomial device, wherein body is fixed into a cylinder or a cone shape along a basic vertical seam.

16. in the claim or multinomial device comprise in order to remove the mark of body at least in part as described above.