JP2022087416A - Baseball shin guard - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a baseball shin guard capable of coping with size change.SOLUTION: A baseball shin guard includes a knee protector 10 for protecting a knee, a shin protector 13 for protecting a shin, and an instep protector 16 for protecting from an ankle to an instep, and further includes a knee attachment 4 provided with an opening 20 on the upper end of the knee protector 10, and having a belt ring 6 detachably attached to the opening 20, an attachment belt 7, and a knee attachment cup part 5 working as a second knee protection part for complementing the knee protector 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a shin guard that is attached to a leg and used when performing a ball game such as baseball or softball.

In baseball and softball, the position of catcher is located behind the batter, so the pitcher's pitching trajectory may change due to the foul tip, or the pitcher's pitching may become one-bound. Since there are many opportunities for contact with runners sliding to the base, it is necessary to wear protective equipment such as helmets, catcher masks, protectors and shin guards.

The shin guard is a piece of armor that is worn on the leg and is mainly used to protect the area below the knee. The catcher catches the pitcher's pitch while sitting with his knees bent, but depending on the pitcher's pitching trajectory, the catcher may catch the ball with his knee on the ground or with his knee slightly extended. Sometimes. In addition, when catcher fly, bunt processing, base cover, etc., it may run with armor attached. Therefore, various proposals have been made so far for the shin guard from the viewpoint of allowing the catcher to move smoothly while having impact resistance as an armor. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a ball game shin guard that ensures high impact cushioning in a wide protected area and provides a sufficient fit.

There are three shin guards, one called a single cup that protects the wearer's knees, and the other called a double cup that has two cups to protect the upper and lower parts of the knee. There is something called a triple cup equipped with a cup part. In general, players in the lower grades of boys' baseball use single cup shin guards, and in the upper grades of elementary school and above, they often use double cups, and players with larger physiques tend to use triple cups.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-236893

However, the conventional shin guard has a problem that the part that protects the shin and the instep to the cup part of the knee has a series of configurations and cannot cope with the size change. For example, even if you start using single-cup shin guards in the lower grades of elementary school, your body will grow and the cups will not be aligned with the single-cup shin guards, and you will not be able to protect your entire knee. It can happen that you have to. Also, when sharing shin guards within a baseball team, if the sizes do not match due to physical differences, it will be necessary to prepare multiple shin guards.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a baseball shin guard that can cope with a size change.

In order to solve the above problems, the baseball leggers according to the present invention are baseball leggers including a knee protector that protects the knee, a shin protector that protects the shin, and an instep protector that protects the ankle to the instep. The upper end of the knee protector is provided with an opening for detachably attaching an additional knee protector having a second knee protection portion that complements the knee protector and a connecting member with the knee protector. It is a feature.

According to this, since an opening is provided at the upper end of the single cup shin guard to which an additional knee protection protector can be detachably attached, a baseball shin guard that can respond to size changes is realized.

The baseball legger according to the present invention is a baseball legger including a knee protector that protects the knee, a shin protector that protects the shin, and an instep protector that protects the ankle to the instep. An opening is provided at the upper end of the protector, and the baseball leggers further include an additional knee protector having a connecting member detachably attached to the opening and a second knee protector that complements the knee protector. It can also be configured as a baseball legger, which is characterized by being prepared.

Here, it is preferable that the connecting member is composed of a belt member attached to the lower side of the second knee protection portion and a belt ring attached to the tip of the belt member.

Further, it is preferable that at least one of the openings is provided at a position symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the baseball shin guard.

Further, it is preferable that the opening is configured by incorporating a plate-shaped synthetic resin material having a hole in the upper end of the knee protector.

In addition to this, the present invention includes a knee protector that protects the knee, a shin protector that protects the shin, and an instep protector that protects from the ankle to the instep, and an opening is provided at the upper end of the knee protector. An additional knee protector for a baseball legger, characterized in that it includes a connecting member detachably attached to the opening and a second knee protector that complements the knee protector. It can also be expressed as an additional knee protector.

As described above, according to the baseball shin guard according to the present invention, an opening is provided at the upper end of the single cup shin guard, and an additional knee protection protector can be detachably attached to the opening, so that the size can be changed. Can be handled.

It is a perspective view of a baseball shin guard. It is a rear perspective view of a baseball shin guard. It is a front view of a baseball shin guard. It is a figure for demonstrating the attachment state of a knee attachment. It is a perspective view after attaching the knee attachment. It is a figure which shows the vicinity of an opening by an enlargement. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of an opening. It is a figure which shows another example of the structure of an opening.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a baseball shin guard according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a front view.

The baseball shin guard shown in this embodiment is a single cup shin guard. The single cup shin guard 1 is a catcher's armor that is attached to the leg and used when playing baseball or softball. The knee protector 10 protects the knee, the shin protector 13 protects the shin, and the ankle and foot. It is provided with an instep protector 16 that protects the instep and a fastener 2 for attaching and detaching the shin guard.

The knee protector 10 is a protector that protects the wearer's knee, and is composed of a knee impact cushioning portion 11 made of a soft elastic member such as sponge, silicon, and a cushion material, and a hard material such as hard plastic. It is provided with a knee cup portion 12. The knee impact cushioning portion 11 is configured by covering a soft elastic member with leather, cloth, or the like, and by attaching the knee cup portion 12 to the knee impact cushioning portion 11 by sewing or the like, the knee protector 10 can be attached. It is configured. Then, an opening 20 which is a hole opened for detachably attaching the knee attachment 4 described later is formed at the upper end of the knee protector 10, here, at the upper end of the knee impact cushion portion 11.

The shin protector 13 includes a shin impact cushioning portion 14 and a shin cup portion 15. It is a protector that protects the wearer's shin, and has a shin impact cushioning portion 14 made of a soft elastic member and a shin cup portion 15 made of a hard material like the knee protector 10. The shin protector 13 is configured by attaching the shin cup portion 15 to the impact absorbing portion 14.

The instep protector 16 includes an instep impact absorbing portion 17 and an instep cup portion 18. It is a protector that protects the part of the wearer's shin from the ankle to the instep. The instep protector 16 is configured by attaching the instep cup portion 18 to the instep shock absorbing portion 17. In some cases, the instep protector 16 does not include the instep cup portion 18 and is composed of only the instep impact absorbing portion 17.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the knee attachment is attached.

Like the knee protector 10, the knee attachment 4 is a protector for protecting the knee, and is a component (additional knee protector) that becomes an additional knee protection portion by being attached to the opening 20 of the knee protector 10. If the knee protector 10 is the first knee protection portion, the knee attachment 4 can be said to be the second knee protection portion that complements the first knee protection portion. Further, if the knee protector 10 is used as the main protection portion, the knee attachment 4 can be said to be a sub protection portion or an auxiliary protection portion. Since the knee attachment 4 includes a knee attachment cup portion 5 made of a hard material, by attaching the knee attachment 4 to the knee protector 10, a double having the knee cup portion 12 and the knee attachment cup portion 5 is provided. It can be changed to the double cup leggers 3 of the cup.

The knee attachment 4 is provided with an attachment belt 7 and a belt ring 6 at the tip of the attachment belt 7 at a position corresponding to the opening 20 of the knee protector 10 on the lower side of the knee attachment cup portion 5. The belt ring 6 and the attachment belt 7 function as a connecting member for connecting the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10. Further, the knee attachment 4 also includes a fastener 2 like the shin guard body.

The attachment belt 7 is made of a belt member, and one end thereof is attached to the vicinity of the lower side of the knee attachment cup portion 5 by sewing or the like. The belt member constituting the attachment belt 7 has flexibility and resistance to twisting or restoration from twisting in order to allow the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10 to move smoothly following the movement of the catcher's knee. It is preferable to use a material having properties, and for example, it is preferable to use a so-called PP belt (belt made of polypropylene material), a leather belt, or the like.

The belt ring 6 is attached to the tip of the attachment belt 7 and can be inserted into the opening 20 of the knee protector 10 in a state of being substantially parallel to the attachment belt 7, and when the state of being substantially parallel is released after being inserted into the opening 20. It is a fastener that prevents it from coming off. By inserting the two belt rings 6 into the corresponding two openings 20, the knee attachment 4 can be detachably attached to the knee protector 10.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view after the knee attachment is attached.

In this way, by attaching the knee attachment 4, which is an additional knee protection protector that can be detachably attached to the single cup shin guard 1, to the single cup shin guard 1, a double cup having two cup portions is doubled. It can be a cup leggers 3, which realizes a leggers that can cope with size changes.

Here, the single cup leggers 1 and the knee attachment 4 are configured to be connected by a belt member. Both may be connected by hooking or by snap buttons, but in order to follow the movement of the knee of the catcher wearing the shin guard and make the connecting part move smoothly, it is connected by a belt member as shown in the figure. It is preferable to configure it so as to do so.

Further, the opening 20 formed at the upper end of the knee protector 10 is formed here at the upper end of the knee impact cushioning portion 11 made of a soft elastic member. An opening 20 may be formed at the upper end of the knee cup portion 12, but considering the ease of processing and the noise of contact with the belt ring 6 each time the wearer moves, the knee impact It is preferable that it is formed at the upper end of the cushioning portion 11. Further, it is preferable that the edge portion of the opening 20 where friction with the attachment belt 7 and the belt ring 6 is generated is treated with a tape or the like to prevent friction noise and wear of the member. Hereinafter, the configuration of the opening 20 will be described.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view showing the vicinity of the opening.

The opening 20 formed at the upper end of the knee impact cushioning portion 11 may be formed only by opening the upper end of the knee impact cushioning portion 11, but as shown in FIG. 6, a rigid synthetic resin material. It is preferable to make a hole in the plate-shaped resin plate 21 made of the above and the like to form an opening 20, and to incorporate the resin plate 21 in the upper end of the knee impact cushioning portion 11.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the opening.

As the opening, the opened metal ring 22 may be fitted into the upper end of the knee impact cushioning portion 11 and the belt ring 6 may be inserted into the metal ring 22.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the configuration of the opening.

Further, as the opening, the opened metal ring 23 may be attached to the tape member 24, and the belt ring 6 may be inserted into the metal ring 23. The tape member 24 is made of so-called PP tape (polypropylene material tape) or leather or cloth tape, and is sewn near the upper side of the knee cup portion 12.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, it is preferable to provide two openings at positions symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the shin guard. In addition to these two openings, another opening may be provided in the center as shown in FIG. Only one may be provided in the center, but in consideration of the ability to follow the movement of the knee of the catcher wearing the shin guard and the stability when wearing the shin guard, the position is symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the shin guard. It is preferable that at least one of each is provided.

As described above, in the baseball shin guard of the present embodiment, the opening 20 is formed at the upper end of the knee protector 10 of the single cup shin guard 1, and the knee attachment 4 of the additional knee protection protector has this opening 20. The attachment belt 7 and the belt ring 6 are provided at positions corresponding to. Then, the knee attachment 4 is detachably attached to the single cup leggers 1 by inserting the belt ring 6 into the opening 20, and the belt ring 6 and the attachment belt 7 are connecting members for connecting the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10. Functions as.

The baseball shin guard configured in this way can change the single cup shin guard to the double cup shin guard by attaching the knee attachment 4 to the single cup shin guard 1, so the body after starting to use the single cup shin guard. Even if the position of the cup does not match due to the growth of the shin guard, there is no need to replace it with a double cup shin guard, and it will be possible to respond to size changes. Further, even when sharing the shin guards within the baseball team, the size can be adjusted according to the difference in body size by attaching and detaching the knee attachment 4, so that it is not necessary to prepare multiple shin guards.

As described above, according to the baseball shin guard of the present embodiment, an opening is provided at the upper end of the single cup shin guard, and an additional knee protection protector that complements the single cup is detachably attached to this opening. Since it is configured to be attached, it can be resized.

The baseball leggers according to the present invention have been described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the object of the present invention can be achieved and the gist of the present invention is not deviated. Various design changes are possible, all of which are included within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the main body of the single cup shin guard and the knee attachment can be detached so that the size of the single cup and the double cup can be changed, but an opening is further provided at the upper end of the knee attachment. It may be configured to allow resizing between the double cup and the triple cup.

Further, the size of the knee attachment may be adjusted to make a half-size cup so that the size of the double cup and the semi-double cup can be changed.

The present invention is particularly useful as a shin guard worn by catchers of baseball and softball as armor, and is particularly suitable as a shin guard for youth baseball.

1 Single cup shin guard 2 Fastener 3 Double cup shin guard 4 Knee attachment 5 Knee attachment cup part 6 Belt ring 7 Attachment belt 10 Knee protector 11 Knee impact buffer 12 Knee cup 13 Shin protector 14 Shin impact buffer 15 Shin cup 16 Instep protector 17 Instep impact buffer 18 Instep cup 20 Opening 21 Resin plate 22,23 Metal ring 24 Tape member

Claims (6)

A baseball shin guard with a knee protector that protects the knee, a shin protector that protects the shin, and an instep protector that protects the ankle to the instep.
A baseball feature is provided with an opening at the upper end of the knee protector for detachably attaching an additional knee protector having a second knee protector that complements the knee protector and a connecting member to the knee protector. For leggers. A baseball shin guard with a knee protector that protects the knee, a shin protector that protects the shin, and an instep protector that protects the ankle to the instep.
An opening is provided at the upper end of the knee protector.
The baseball shin guard further
A baseball shin guard comprising a connecting member detachably attached to the opening and an additional knee protector having a second knee protector that complements the knee protector. The connecting member is
The belt member attached to the lower side of the second knee protection portion and
The baseball shin guard according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shin guard is composed of a belt ring attached to the tip of the belt member. The opening is
The baseball shin guard according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of each is provided at a position symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the baseball shin guard. The baseball shin guard according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the opening is formed by incorporating a plate-shaped synthetic resin material having a hole in the upper end of the knee protector. .. An additional knee for baseball shin guards with a knee protector to protect the knee, a shin protector to protect the shin, and an instep protector to protect from the ankle to the instep, with an opening at the top of the knee protector. A connecting member that is a protector and can be detachably attached to the opening,
An additional knee protector for baseball shin guards comprising a second knee protector that complements the knee protector.

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