JP2003180904A - Protector with shoulder pad - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector with shoulder pads allowing a pitching motion without any unnatural feeling in shoulder parts and allowing the shoulder pads to follow the motion of the shoulders during the pitching motion and to follow the returning motion of the shoulders to their original positions after pitching. <P>SOLUTION: In this protector with the shoulder pads, a part of a cushion part 2A in the shoulder pad 2 is overlapped to the front face of a cushion part 1A in the shoulder part (a), and overlapping parts between the shoulder part al excepting the circumference part of the shoulder part (a) and the shoulder pad 2 are sewn together via a sewing part B arranged along a non-linear shape in the vertical direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a protector with a shoulder pad for protecting the front of the body of a catcher or a referee.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a catcher such as a baseball or a softball, the body is protected from an unpredictable ball such as a missed ball, a bounce or a return ball missed by a catcher mitt, or a chip ball. For that, a helmet on the head, a face mask on the face,
A protector is attached around the neck from the chest to the lower abdomen, and safety protection equipment such as legats is attached to the lower leg from the lower thigh to the instep. In the protector, the left and right shoulders around the neck, the protector body having a cushioning property that constitutes the front part of the body through the chest to the lower part of the abdomen can be mounted on the body, There exist some in which at least one of the left and right shoulders is provided with a cushion pad. As shown in FIG. 6, the protector AA with the shoulder pad has a shoulder outer peripheral edge portion 100a of the protector main body 100 and an inner peripheral edge portion 200a of the shoulder pad 200.
The mainstream is a structure in which a linearly overlapped stitch is attached.

[0003]

However, in this type of protector AA with a shoulder pad, since the shoulder pad 200 is continuously provided from the shoulder portion aa, the shoulder pad 200 is pushed by the shoulder when throwing. The shoulder portion aa moves to the front side together with the movement of
When the movement of a is seen from the protector body 100, the shoulder portion aa bends and moves to the front side against the protector body 100 against the elastic force, and the reaction force due to the bending causes a resistance to the shoulder and throws. It is pointed out that a slight discomfort occurs on the shoulder during operation. Further, in this protector AA with a shoulder pad, the shoulder pad 200 is pressed against the shoulder pad 200 at the time of pitching, and the shoulder pad 200 is bent forward from the shoulder portion aa so that the shoulder pad 200 does not interfere with the pitching operation. Therefore, even if the throwing motion ends and the shoulder returns to the original non-pitching state, the shoulder pad 200 does not return directly to the shoulder, or a return state with a gap between the shoulder pad 200 and the shoulder pad 200 occurs. Or
In some cases, it may remain bent, and there is a problem of forming an unprotected shoulder pad state.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its main problem is to enable a pitching motion without feeling uncomfortable with respect to the shoulder portion, and the shoulder of the pitching motion. The point is to provide a protector with a shoulder pad that allows the shoulder pad to follow the movement of, and also smoothly follow the movement of the shoulder that returns to the original position after the pitch.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the protector with a shoulder pad is characterized in that the protector body protects the left and right shoulders around the neck and the front part of the trunk from the chest to the lower abdomen. A shoulder pad protector having a shoulder pad on at least one of the left and right shoulders, wherein a part of the cushion portion of the shoulder pad is superposed on the front surface of the cushion portion of the shoulder portion, and a peripheral portion of the shoulder portion is provided. The overlapping portions of the shoulder portion and the shoulder pad except for are sewn together via a sewn portion that is non-linear in the vertical direction.

According to the above characteristic structure, the movement of the shoulder pad is prevented by the fact that the peripheral portion of the shoulder portion and the shoulder pad are not sewn together and the overlapping portion of the shoulder portion and the shoulder pad is a cushion portion. In contrast to the conventional protector with a shoulder pad, because the shoulder part hardly moves together, the shoulder part moves together with the movement of the shoulder pad, which makes the shoulder feel uncomfortable. , Such discomfort can be eliminated, and the shoulder pad smoothly bends forward with respect to the shoulder portion by following the movement of the shoulder during the pitching motion, and does not hinder the pitching motion. As the overlapping parts of the shoulder part and the shoulder pad are sewn together by the sewn parts that are non-linear in the vertical direction, the greater the amount of bending of the shoulder pad, the more the shoulder pad will return to its original state without bending. Return A reaction force that tends to be formed is formed, following the movement of the shoulder to return to the original non-pitch position after finishing the pitch, and the shoulder pad smoothly returns to the original state without bending to the shoulder part. As a result, the shoulder pad can always maintain and maintain the state of protecting the shoulder, and a protector with high reliability can be formed.

A characteristic configuration of a protector with a shoulder pad according to a second aspect of the present invention is that the sewn portion is formed at a portion where a cushion portion of the shoulder portion and a peripheral portion of the shoulder pad overlap.

According to the above-mentioned characteristic structure, since the cross-overlap portion of the peripheral edge portion of the shoulder pad and the peripheral edge portion of the intersecting shoulder portion is not sewn, the shoulder pad is easy to move with respect to the cushion portion of the shoulder portion. In addition, since the shoulder part does not move together with the movement of the shoulder pad, the movement of the shoulder pad can be made light and comfortable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the protector with a shoulder pad is characterized in that the cushion portion of the protector body is internally provided with a base cushion body and a reinforcing cushion body formed by laminating at a predetermined position on the front surface of the base cushion body. In addition, the shoulder pad is sewn to the overlapping portion of the shoulder portion where only the base cushion body exists.

According to the above characteristic construction, since the shoulder pad is sewn on the shoulder base cushion body in a superposed state, the shoulder pad comes close to the front surface of the shoulder when the protector body is attached to the trunk. Since the thickness of the cushion pad of the shoulder pad is added to the shoulder portion at the overlapping portion with the shoulder portion, the joint state can be formed without impairing the protection function for the shoulder.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the protector with a shoulder pad has a characteristic configuration in which the sewn portion is displaced outward as the shoulder portion moves downward from the shoulder portion to the abdomen. In point.

According to the above characteristic structure, when the shoulder pad is bent forward with respect to the shoulder portion, the reaction force against the bending can be formed by the sewn portion having a simple sewing form. In addition, the curved sewing mode has the advantages of easy sewing and good workability.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [Embodiment] A protector with a shoulder pad according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a protector with a shoulder pad that a catcher of a baseball wears when defending will be described.

This protector A with a shoulder pad is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a protector main body 1 for protecting an area extending from the left and right shoulders to the chest and the lower abdomen in the upper half of the catcher, and shoulder pads 2 and 2 sewn to the left and right shoulders, respectively. And a neck protection pad 3 and a mounting band body 4 that allows the protector body 1 to be mounted on the upper half of the body.

The protector body 1 includes a base cushion 1B that covers an area extending from the left and right shoulders to the chest and the lower abdomen, and reinforcing cushions of various sizes, which are laminated and formed at required locations on the front surface of the base cushion body 1B. With respect to the cushion portion 1A made of a sponge material, a foamed resin material or the like composed of the body 1C ..., the surface side is made of synthetic leather, nylon cloth or cloth surface cloth 1D along the unevenness of the reinforcing cushion body 1C. Cover, the back side is covered with synthetic leather, nylon cloth or cloth back cloth 1E along the area of the base cushion body 1B, and these are sewn together, and the peripheral edge is closed and sewn with a cloth 1F to form the edge. is there. With such a configuration, the surface cloth 1
A cushion portion 1A including a base cushion body 1B and a reinforcing cushion body 1C is provided between D and the back cloth 1E.

In this embodiment, the base cushion body 1B has a surface cloth 1 as shown in FIG. 4, for example.
Corresponding to the D side and the back side fabric 1E side, a cushion 1Ba having a two-layer structure made of a sponge material or a foamed resin material is used.
It is configured by deploying Bb.

The shoulder pad 2 is made of synthetic leather, nylon cloth or cloth surface cloth 2B on the surface side with respect to the cushion portion 2A made of sponge material or foamed resin material for covering the shoulder front area of the upper arm. The back side is covered with synthetic leather, nylon cloth or cloth back surface cloth 2C, which are sewn together, and the peripheral edge portion is closed with a cloth 2D to form a closed edge.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the cushion portion 2A has a two-layer structure made of a sponge material, a foamed resin material or the like as a material corresponding to the front cloth 2B side and the back cloth 2C side. The cushions 2Aa and 2Ab are provided.

The left and right shoulder pads 2 and 2 are arranged so that a part of the cushion portion 2A of the shoulder pad 2 is superposed on the front surface of the cushion portion 1A of the shoulder portion a of the protector body 1, specifically,
As shown in FIG. 5, the shoulder pad 2 is superposed on the overlapping portion C of the shoulder portion a where only the base cushion body 1B is present, and the shoulder portion a1 and the shoulder pad 2 except the peripheral portion of the shoulder portion a overlap each other. The portions, more specifically, the portions where the cushion portion of the shoulder portion 2 and the peripheral portion of the shoulder pad 2 overlap each other are sewn together via the sewn portion B that is non-linear in the vertical direction.

The sewn portion B is formed by a curved sewing which is displaced outward as it goes downward from the shoulder portion to the abdomen.

As shown in FIG. 2, the attachment band body 4 includes a suspension band 4A provided over the left and right shoulders a of the protector body 1 and both abdominal left and right ends of the protector body 1 having a diamond shape. Stop band 4 provided across
B, a vertical posture that can be detachably connected to the upper suspension band 4A and the lower stop band 4B over the longitudinal intermediate portion of the suspension band 4A and the longitudinal intermediate portion of the stop band 4B. 4C (shown by a chain double-dashed line in the drawing).

In the mounting band body 4 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the connecting band 4C is connected to the front portion of the trunk portion over the intermediate portion of the hanging band 4A and the intermediate portion of the retaining band 4B. In the mounted state in the first band form (state in which the connecting band indicated by the two-dot chain line is added to the solid line), or in the second band form in which the connecting band 4C is removed from the hanging band 4A and the stop band 4B ( It is possible for the user to selectively use one of the wearing states (a state in which the connecting band indicated by a two-dot chain line is removed only by a solid line). Here, when used in the second band form, a neck pad 4D that can increase the contact area between the suspension band 4A and the neck attachment part and reduce the load on the neck is attached with 4D. Has been done.

With such a structure, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the shoulder pad 2 smoothly bends forward with respect to the shoulder portion a in accordance with the movement of the shoulder during the pitching motion, and the pitching is performed. Since the overlapping portions of the shoulder portion a and the shoulder pad 2 are sewn together by the sewn portion B that is non-linear in the up-down direction, the bending amount of the shoulder pad 2 is reduced. As it becomes larger, a reaction force that tries to return the shoulder pad 2 to the original state without bending is formed, so that the shoulder is followed by the movement of the shoulder to return to the original non-throwing position, The pad 2 can smoothly return to the original state in which there is no bending with respect to the shoulder portion a.

[Other Embodiments] 1) In the above-described embodiment, the protector body 1 has shoulder pads 2 and 2 sewn on each of the left and right shoulders a and a, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and the shoulder pad 2 may be sewn on either the left or right shoulder a of the protector body 1.

2) In the above embodiment, the sewn portion B along the non-linear shape is described as a curved sewn shape, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a bent shape such as a dogleg shape, [ It may have a sewing shape such as a bow shape such as a shape.

3) In the above embodiment, the protector A with a shoulder pad that a baseball catcher wears when defending is explained, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the protector with a shoulder pad that a softball catcher wears when defending, Alternatively, the present invention may be applied to a protector with a shoulder pad worn by a referee such as a baseball or a softball at the time of refereeing.

4) In the above embodiment, the base cushion 1B of the protector main body 1 and the cushion portion 2A of the shoulder a have a two-layer structure, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may have a single-layer structure or, conversely, a multi-layer structure.

5) The mounting band body 4 is not limited to the one in the above embodiment, and the upper bifurcated tip of the Y-shaped suspension band body is fixed to the left and right shoulder portions a, a of the protector body 1. Alternatively, the lower end of the suspension band may be fixed to the protector body 1 with the band 4B via an expansion and contraction adjuster.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a protector with a shoulder pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a simplified rear view of the protector with a shoulder pad according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing a usage state.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing a relationship between a shoulder portion of the protector body and a shoulder pad.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of essential parts showing the mounting relationship between the shoulder portion and the shoulder pad of the protector body.

FIG. 6 is a simplified front view of a conventional protector with a shoulder pad.

[Explanation of symbols]

A shoulder pad protector B sewn part a shoulder 1 protector body 1A Cushion part 2 shoulder pad 2A Cushion part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A protector with a shoulder pad in which a shoulder pad is provided on at least one of the left and right shoulders of a protector body that protects the left and right shoulders around the neck and the front part of the trunk from the chest to the lower abdomen. However, a part of the cushion part of the shoulder pad is superposed on the front surface of the cushion part of the shoulder part, and the overlapping parts of the shoulder part and the shoulder pad except the peripheral part of the shoulder part are non-linear in the vertical direction. A protector with a shoulder pad that is sewn along the sewn part along it. 2. The protector with a shoulder pad according to claim 1, wherein the sewn portion is formed at a portion where a cushion portion of the shoulder portion and a peripheral portion of the shoulder pad overlap each other. 3. The cushion portion of the protector body is configured by internally including a base cushion body and a reinforcing cushion body that is laminated and formed at a required position on the front surface thereof, and the shoulder pad is a base cushion body. The protector with a shoulder pad according to claim 1 or 2, which is sewn to the overlapping portion of the shoulder portion where only the shoulder pad is present. 4. The protector with a shoulder pad according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the sewn portion has a curved shape that is displaced outward as it goes downward from the shoulder portion toward the abdomen.