JP2011188974A - Foot guard for batter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foot guard for a batter, to be closely attached according to respective regions of different thicknesses in a lower leg. <P>SOLUTION: The foot guard includes a flexible lower-leg protective member 10 to be wound around the lower leg K. Slits 5 and 5 are formed at intermediate positions on both side edges of the lower-leg protective member 10 to define an upper half portion 10A and a lower half portion 10B freely independently fastened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a batter foot guard.

Conventionally, when playing ball games, the batter's foot guard that protects the hit ball from directly hitting the lower leg has a hard protection plate that protects the shin from the impact of the hit ball, and a back side of the hard protection plate. The configuration is a combination with a flexible buffer pad disposed (see Patent Document 1).
The foot guard for batter described in Patent Document 1 includes a crus protection member that protects from the front center part to both sides of the shin, and is provided with a plurality of vertically long hard protection plates that are separated from each other. It is comprised so that it may be pushed and bent inside.

Registered Utility Model No. 3105187

  However, since the lower leg of the human body has parts with different thicknesses such as ankles, heels, and calves, a conventional batter foot guard with a long hard protection plate above and below is three-dimensional in the front-rear, left-right, up-down directions. It was difficult to make it adhere along the thickness of the lower leg. In other words, if the belt is tightened tightly along the shape of the lower leg, wrinkles and undulations may occur, which may cause a large gap between the user and the lower leg protection member, and may cause misalignment. There was a problem of giving discomfort to the person.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a batter foot guard that closely adheres to each part of the different thickness of the lower leg, prevents the occurrence of positional deviation, and reliably protects the lower leg. Objective.

  A foot guard for batters according to the present invention includes a flexible lower leg protection member wound around a lower leg part, and forms a notch portion at the upper and lower intermediate positions of both side edges of the lower leg protection member, independently. The upper half and the lower half that can be tightened are partitioned.

  The lower leg protection member includes a front lower leg covering part that protects the front surface of the lower leg part, and the upper half part includes a first front lower leg cover part of the upper half of the front lower leg cover part and the first front lower leg part. A calf projection piece extending from the covering part to the left and right and contacting the calf part, wherein the lower half part includes a second front leg covering part of the lower half of the front leg covering part, and the second front part It has an ankle protrusion piece that extends from the lower leg covering portion to the left and right and abuts against the ankle portion.

Further, a plurality of vertical stripe-shaped concave grooves are formed on the surface side of the lower leg protection member, and a plurality of ridges are formed in the vertical direction.
The belt member can be attached to the left and right edge portions of each of the calf projection piece and the ankle projection piece.

  According to the foot guard for batters of the present invention, when the lower leg protection member is wound around the lower leg part, the tightening force can be adjusted independently according to the parts having different thicknesses, so as to follow the calf and the ankle. Can be securely adhered to each other. In other words, the crus protection member and the crus are in close contact with each other without creating an unnecessary gap, thereby preventing the positional deviation in the vertical and horizontal directions and reducing the uncomfortable feeling at the time of wearing. In addition, since the upper half and the lower half can be formed into shapes corresponding to the parts to be protected, respectively, a wider range can be covered and reliably protected.

It is the side view which showed the mounting state of one Embodiment of this invention. It is XX sectional drawing of FIG. It is YY sectional drawing of FIG. It is the front view which showed the unmounting state of one Embodiment of this invention. It is the rear view which showed the unmounting state of one Embodiment of this invention. It is ZZ sectional drawing of FIG. It is the front view which showed the unmounting state of other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments.
The batter foot guard of the present invention protects the hitting ball from hitting the lower leg part and the instep part of a batter such as baseball and softball as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The batter foot guard 1 is a flexible lower leg protection member 10 wound around the lower leg K and a foot protection member that is connected to the lower part of the lower leg protection member 10 and fixed to the instep. 6 are provided.
Cut portions 5 and 5 are formed at the upper and lower intermediate positions of both side edges of the lower leg protection member 10, and are divided into an upper half 10A and a lower half 10B that can be tightened independently. The lower leg protection member 10 is a batter's foot that is wound around a calf part F and an ankle part A by fastening fastened belt members 20 and 20 attached to both left and right edges of the upper half part 10A and the lower half part 10B. The guard 1 is detachably attached to the lower leg K. The instep protection member 6 is fixed by a fixing band 18 to protect the instep.

The lower leg protection member 10 has a front lower leg covering part 2 that protects the front face of the lower leg part K in a vertically integrated manner. The upper half 10A includes a first front lower leg covering part 2A in the upper half of the front lower leg covering part 2, and a protruding part 3 for the calf extending from the first front lower leg covering part 2A to the left and right and coming into contact with the calf part F. The lower half 10B includes a second front lower leg covering part 2B in the lower half of the front lower leg covering part 2, and an ankle that extends from the second front lower leg covering part 2B to the left and right and contacts the ankle part A Projecting protrusions 4 and 4.
The front lower leg covering part 2 is bent along the curved surface of the front part of the lower leg K and is in contact with no gap. The calf projection piece 3 is bent along the curved surface of the calf part F from the side surface or the back surface thereof, and is in contact with no gap. The ankle protrusion piece 4 is bent along the curved surface of the ankle portion A from the side surface to the back surface, and is in contact with no gap.
In the present invention, the “crus” refers to the range from below the knee of the human body to the ankle including the heel, and the “sheath part” is the portion thickened by the muscles on the back of the crus The “ankle part” indicates a lower part of the lower leg part and a part below the calf part.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the crus protection member 10 includes a skin member 11 on the front side, a backing fabric 12 on the back side, a thin cushioning member 13, and a thick cushion with a cross-sectional heel shape. The member 14 is integrated with the sewing portion G. The skin member 11 and the covering fabric 12 are preferably natural or artificial (synthetic) leather, nylon-based or polyester-based fabric. The buffer member 13 and the thick cushion member 14 are preferably made of foamed plastic resin having resilience.

The crus protection member 10 is formed with a plurality of vertically-striped grooves 7 on the surface side, and a plurality of ridges 8 in the vertical direction.
The recessed groove portion 7 pushes the skin member 11 into the gap between the vertically long thick cushion members 14 and 14 arranged in a plurality with a predetermined pitch in the left and right direction, and the sewn portion G to the cushioning member 13 and the backing fabric 12 on the back surface side. It is formed by sewing. The thick cushion member 14 is covered in a state in which a pressing force is always applied to the skin member 11 sewn in a bag shape, and pushes the skin member 11 back with a repulsive force. On the front surface of the lower leg protection member 10, the skin member 11 is raised by a thick cushion member 14 having a repulsive force, and a plurality of vertically elongated protrusions 8 are formed in the vertical direction. The ridge portion 8 has an appropriate repulsive force to absorb an impact when a baseball hard ball or soft ball directly collides, and is arranged in parallel on the entire surface of the lower leg protection member 10. Yes.
The outer peripheral edge of the lower leg protection member 10 is sewn at a sewing portion H around a belt-like edge winding member 15.

  The crus protection member 10 is provided with attachment members 16, 16 that can attach the belt members 20, 20 to the left and right edges of the calf protrusions 3, 3 and ankle protrusions 4, 4. is doing. The attachment members 16 and 16 are sewn in a ring shape so as to sandwich the edge winding member 15, and belt members 20 and 20 are respectively attached. The belt members 20, 20 are provided with lockable fasteners 21, 22 made of a side release type buckle made of a synthetic resin. One belt member 20 is composed of a female fastener 21, and the other belt member 20. Has a male fastener 22.

Next, another embodiment of the foot guard for batters of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 7, the batter foot guard of another embodiment has a lower leg protection member 10 composed of an upper half part 10 </ b> A and a lower half part 10 </ b> B produced as two separate members. The lower leg protection member 10 connects the upper half part 10A and the lower half part 10B by the sewing part 30 at the upper and lower intermediate positions.
The sewing portion 30 is integrally sewn with a part of the lower end edge of the upper half portion 10A overlapped with the upper end edge of the lower half portion 10B. The lower end edge of the upper half portion 10A is overlapped with a slight seam allowance on the surface side of the upper end edge of the lower half portion 10B. The sewn portion 30 is sewn in the left-right direction only at the portion that contacts the front surface of the crus K (the front crus covering portion 2), and the both side edges of the crus protection member 10 are the remaining portions in the unsewn state. 5 is formed.

The lower leg protection member 10 is formed by connecting the first front lower leg covering part 2A of the upper half part 10A and the second front lower leg covering part 2B of the lower half part 10B by the sewing part 30, and continuously connecting the front lower leg part in the vertical direction. Part 2 is formed.
The protrusions 3 and 3 for calves extending from the first front lower leg covering part 2A to the left and right and the ankle protruding parts 4 and 4 extending from the second front lower leg covering part 2B to the left and right The upper half 10A and the lower half 10B are partitioned so that they can be tightened independently. Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described embodiment.

The use method (action) of the above-described batter foot guard of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, first, the back side of the lower leg protection member 10 is brought into contact with the lower leg part K. The crus protection member 10 bends in a C shape in cross section along the curved surface of the crus K. At this time, the crus protection member 10 is smoothly bent by a plurality of vertical stripe-shaped concave grooves 7 formed on the surface side so as to be easily bent on the back surface side. Then, the belt members 20, 20 are wound around the calf part F and the ankle part A and fastened.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the front lower leg covering portion 2 of the lower leg protection member 10 is bent along the curved surface of the lower leg K front part and closely contacts without any gap. The calf projection piece 3 of the upper half 10A is bent so as to follow the curved surface of the calf part F from the side surface or the back surface thereof, and is closely adhered. The ankle projecting piece 4 of the lower half 10B is bent so as to follow the curved surface of the side surface or the back surface of the ankle portion A, and is in close contact with no gap.
If desired, it may be used with a moderate gap and slightly wound (tightened).
The lower leg protection member 10 independently tightens the calf part F and the ankle part A having different thicknesses by the upper half part 10A and the lower half part 10B that are partitioned vertically. The lower leg protection member 10 is attached with an appropriate compression force without pressing the lower leg K locally.

Next, when there is a possibility that the user may hit the hit ball on the lower leg during the competition, the impact is received by the plurality of protruding portions 8 formed on the surface side of the lower leg protection member 10. The ridge portion 8 relieves an impact from the outside with a repulsive force, and reliably protects the lower leg portion K to which the batter foot guard 1 is attached. The lower leg protection member 10 covers not only the front surface of the lower leg K but also the calf part F with the calf protrusions 3 and 3, and the ankle part A including the heel with the ankle protrusions 4 and 4. Protect the side or back of the lower leg K over a wide range.
At this time, the crus protection member 10 abuts the crus K with no gap (or almost no gap) and is tightened with an appropriate compression force. The position does not shift in the left-right direction (the circumferential direction of the lower leg K). Moreover, since the lower half part 10B is wound around the ankle part A thinner than the calf part F and fastened, the position of the lower leg protection member 10 is not shifted in the vertical direction.

Then, when the user performs a running strike after hitting, the user runs in the intercostal space with the batter foot guard 1 attached to the lower leg. Since the crus protection member 10 is light and the back surface side dough 12 is in contact with the crus K with the repulsive force of the buffer member 13, the feeling of pressure when worn is reduced.
The batter foot guard 1 does not get in the way even when running while worn on the lower leg K, and does not make the user feel uncomfortable.

The design of the present invention can be changed. For example, the belt members 20 and 20 are formed on the left and right edge portions of the calf projection pieces 3 and 3 and the ankle projection pieces 4 and 4 in a planar shape. It is also preferable to attach and attach a fastener. In this case, the batter foot guard 1 can be attached and detached more quickly.
In addition, the skin member 11 is formed in a corrugated waveform in advance, and when the concave groove portion 7 is formed, the convex portion is fitted into the gap portion of the thick cushion members 14 and 14, and the sewn portion G is formed. It may be formed. By doing so, the repulsive force of the ridge portion 8 can be set low, and a batter foot guard corresponding to the difference in the type of baseball or softball game can be produced.

  As described above, the present invention includes the flexible crus protection member 10 wound around the crus K, and the cut portions 5 and 5 are formed at the upper and lower intermediate positions of both side edges of the crus protection member 10. Since the upper and lower halves 10A and 10B can be independently tightened, the crus protection member 10 can be independently wound according to the parts having different thicknesses when wound around the crus K. It can be tightened to give an appropriate compression force, and can be securely adhered along the calf and ankle. That is, it is possible to prevent unnecessary gaps between the crus protection member 10 and the crus K, prevent positional deviation in the vertical and horizontal directions, and reduce discomfort during wearing. Moreover, since the upper half part 10A and the lower half part 10B can be formed into shapes corresponding to the parts to be protected, they can be reliably protected over a wider range.

  The lower leg protection member 10 includes a front lower leg covering part 2 that protects the front surface of the lower leg part K, and the upper half part 10A includes a first front lower leg covering part 2A in the upper half of the front lower leg cover part 2, and a first A calf projection piece 3, 3 extending from the front lower leg covering part 2 </ b> A to the left and right and contacting the calf part F, and the lower half part 10 </ b> B is the second front lower leg of the lower half of the front lower leg covering part 2 Since it has the covering part 2B and the projecting parts 4 and 4 for ankles that extend from the second front lower leg covering part 2B to the left and right and come into contact with the ankle part A, from the front side to the back side of the lower leg part K It can be reliably protected over a wide range in the vertical direction.

  In addition, since a plurality of vertical stripe-shaped concave grooves 7 are formed on the surface side of the lower leg protection member 10 and a plurality of ridges 8 are formed in the vertical direction, the structure is light in weight. The lower leg K can be protected from the impact of the hit ball. In addition, the crus protection member 10 can be attached with a heel so that it can bend easily on the back side, and can be smoothly bent and attached to the crus K.

  Further, the belt members 20 and 20 can be attached to the left and right edge portions of the calf projection pieces 3 and 3 and the ankle projection pieces 4 and 4, respectively. The crus protection member 10 can be comfortably attached to the crus K with a uniform and appropriate tightening force over the entire circumference, and a sense of incongruity during attachment can be reduced.

2 Front lower thigh covering part 2A First front lower thigh covering part 2B Second front lower thigh covering part 3 Protrusion part for calf 4 Protruding part for ankle 5 Notch part 7 Concave groove part 8 Protruding part 10 Lower leg protection member 10A Upper half part 10B Lower half 20 Belt member K Lower leg F Spatula A Ankle

Claims (4)

  A flexible crus protection member (10) wound around the crus (K) is provided, and incisions (5) and (5) are formed at the upper and lower intermediate positions of both side edges of the crus protection member (10). A foot guard for a batter, characterized in that it is partitioned into an upper half (10A) and a lower half (10B) that can be tightened independently. The lower leg protection member (10) includes a front lower leg covering part (2) for protecting the lower leg (K) front surface,
The upper half (10A) includes a first front lower leg covering part (2A) in the upper half of the front lower leg covering part (2), and a calf part extending from the first front lower leg covering part (2A) to the left and right (F) a calf protrusion (3) (3) that abuts against
The lower half (10B) includes a second front lower leg covering part (2B) in the lower half of the front lower leg covering part (2) and an ankle part extending from the second front lower leg covering part (2B) to the left and right The foot guard for a batter according to claim 1, further comprising: an ankle projecting piece (4) (4) that abuts on (A).   The said lower leg protection member (10) WHEREIN: The multiple vertical stripe-shaped ditch | groove part (7) was formed in the surface side of the said leg protection member (10), and the several protruding part (8) was formed in the up-down direction. Batter foot guard. Belt members (20) and (20) can be attached to the left and right edge portions of the calf protrusions (3) and (3) and ankle protrusions (4) and (4), respectively. The foot guard for a batter according to claim 2 or 3.

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