JP5269667B2 - Baseball and softball protectors - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector for sports which has a protection pad for covering a chest part and an abdominal part, where the lower half part is not moved by deviation in response to the movement of an upper half part even when the upper half part is largely moved by rotation with respect to the lower half part of a body part as in a throwing motion. <P>SOLUTION: The protection pad for covering the chest and abdominal parts of a body is divided into at least two parts, i.e., the chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2, in order not to allow the protection pad covering the lower half part to disturb the rotary motion of the upper half part of the body part when the upper half part of the body part is rotated around the vertical axis of the body as in the throwing motion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

    The present invention relates to a sports protector worn by players and referees such as baseball, softball, ice hockey, and football mainly to protect the chest and abdomen, and more particularly to a baseball and softball protector.

    A particularly representative of this type of sports protector is the one worn by baseball catchers.

    Baseball catchers wear protectors with protective pads covering the chest and abdomen to protect the body, especially the front of the torso, from short-bounded throws and batters hit by batters.

    The protectors worn by this baseball catcher include those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, which are composed of a single piece of protective pad that covers the chest and abdomen.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-230652 JP 2003-230653 A JP 2003-299760 A

    By the way, baseball catchers have many throwing motions, such as returning to the pitcher and preventing stealing, in addition to throwing to each cage, and during the throwing motion, twist the upper half of the torso, The shoulder must be rotated a lot.

    As mentioned above, if you wear a protector consisting of a single part of the chest and abdomen, if the upper half of the torso and shoulders rotate while moving slowly, Following this, the lower part of the pelvic region with relatively little movement moves greatly. In this way, in the case of a protector consisting of one part, if the movement of the upper half of the trunk is not followed, the lower half of the trunk will cause the movement of the upper half of the trunk during the throwing operation. Will interfere.

    Therefore, conventionally, a baseball catcher sometimes wears a protector on the front of the torso loosely so that the throwing operation is not hindered and consciously moves up and down.

    However, if the protector on the torso is loosely worn so as to move up and down, the protector swings up and down when running, and the protector impairs the entire motor function of the catcher.

    In addition, if a baseball catcher wears a protector loosely, there is a risk of the ball entering from the gap between the protector and the body, which is also a safety issue.

Therefore, the present invention follows the movement of the upper half even if the upper half rotates significantly with respect to the lower half of the body, like the throwing operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a protector for baseball and softball that includes a protective pad that does not move and covers the chest and abdomen.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a protector for baseball and softball that includes a protection pad that covers a chest and an abdomen of a catcher. The chest part and the abdominal part are connected to each other so as to be swingable at least in the left-right direction with respect to the central axis of the catcher.

    In this way, the protective pad that covers the chest and abdomen of the body is divided into at least two parts, the chest part and the abdomen part, and the divided parts are connected to each other so as to be swingable. In addition, when the upper half of the lower half of the torso is rotated, the divided parts follow the body movement independently, covering the chest and abdomen of the body. The entire protective pad does not move as a whole.

    Therefore, the sports protector according to the present invention does not hinder the motor function even if the divided chest part and abdominal part are fixed firmly to the body, so it is necessary to wear it loosely on the body as before. There is no safety.

    The divided parts swing in at least one of the rotational direction, the left-right direction, the front-rear direction, and the diagonal direction with respect to the central axis of the body so that the divided parts follow the body movement independently. Are connected to each other.

    The sports protector according to the present invention protects the upper half of the torso by rotating the upper half of the torso when the upper half of the torso rotates around the vertical axis of the body, like the throwing action. The protective pad that covers the chest and abdomen of the body is divided into at least two parts, a chest part and an abdomen part, so that the pad is not obstructed. For this reason, the dividing line that divides the protective pad into the upper half and the lower half, that is, the line at the lower edge of the chest part and the upper edge of the abdominal part is axisymmetric, almost horizontal, and approximates a straight line. Thus, it is preferably located between the upper part of the pelvis of the body and the pigeon tail.

    When the upper half of the torso rotates about the central axis of the body like the throwing motion, the chest part can swing independently of the abdomen part. Thus, the center and both ends are set to three or more, and the connecting members at both ends are equal to or longer than the connecting member at the center. Further, as the connecting member, a belt such as cloth or leather, a flexible material such as a string, or a mesh-like material is appropriately selected and used.

    When the protector according to the present invention is used for catching baseball or softball, the gap between the divided parts is made sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the ball to be used so that the ball does not pass through the gap. There is a need.

    Further, when used as a catcher for baseball or softball, it is preferable to provide a chest pad part with a neck pad part for protecting the neck part and a shoulder pad part for protecting the shoulder part.

    In this invention, as described above, the protective pad covering the chest and abdomen of the body is divided into at least two parts, a chest part and an abdomen part, and the divided parts are connected to each other so as to be swingable. Therefore, when performing an action that causes the upper half to rotate significantly, such as a throwing action, the divided parts independently follow the rotation of the upper half of the torso. It is possible to prevent as much as possible that the entire protective pad to be covered moves together.

    Therefore, the protector according to the present invention has good followability, good body fit, high safety, and high wearability even when the upper half rotates significantly like the throwing motion. It has the effect of not hindering the motor function.

It is the rear view which decomposed | disassembled and showed the embodiment which applied the protector for sports which concerns on this invention for catchers of baseball to the structural member. It is the rear view which connected and showed the structural member of FIG. It is the front view which connected and showed the structural member of FIG. (A) (b) is a figure which shows the rocking | fluctuation state of the chest part with respect to the abdominal part in embodiment of FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the AA line of FIG.

    An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with a protector for catching baseball or softball as an example.

    1 and 2 show a state of the protector according to the present invention as viewed from the back, FIG. 1 shows a constituent material in an exploded state, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the constituent materials are connected. Moreover, FIG. 3 is the figure which looked at the state which connected the constituent material from the front.

    The protector which concerns on this invention has divided | segmented the protective pad which covers the chest part and abdominal part of a body into two parts, the chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2, as shown in FIG. The number of divisions is not limited to two and may be more than that.

    The dividing line between the lower edge of the chest part 1 and the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is axisymmetric, substantially horizontal, and has a shape approximating a straight line. More specifically, the lower edge of the chest part 1 is formed so that the central part is formed in a straight line and both sides of the lower part hang down slightly. On the other hand, the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is formed so that the central part is formed in a straight line and both sides of the straight part protrude upward. And the chest part 1 and the abdomen part 2 have the lower edge of the chest part 1 slightly overlapped with the upper edge of the abdomen part 2, the lower edge of the chest part 1 is on the front side, and the abdomen part 2 is on the back side (body side) It is supposed to be located in. The overlapping of the chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2 may be such that the central part of the abdominal part 2 is the front surface of the lower edge of the chest part 1.

    The gap interval formed between the lower edge of the chest part 1 and the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is sufficiently narrower than the diameter of the ball used so that the ball does not enter the gap and damage the body. There is a need. By the way, the minimum diameter of each ball is 72.9 mm for the hard ball, 71.5 mm for the general ball (A), 69.5 mm for the junior high school (B), ) Is 67.5 mm 2, the gap interval formed between the lower edge of the chest part 1 and the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is preferably about 50 mm or less.

    The dividing line between the lower edge of the chest part 1 and the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is the same as that of the upper half of the torso when the upper half of the torso rotates around the vertical axis of the body as in the throwing motion. The rotation is positioned between the upper part of the pelvis and the dovetail so that the protector member covering the lower half is not hindered.

    The chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2 are independent of body movements even if the upper half rotates significantly with respect to the lower half of the torso, like the throwing action. Thus, they are connected to each other so as to swing in at least one of a rotational direction, a lateral direction, a front-rear direction, and an oblique direction with respect to the central axis of the body. FIGS. 4A and 4B show a state in which the chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2 are connected so as to be swingable at least in the left-right direction around the central axis of the body. Without obstructing the movement, the upper part of the torso follows the rotation of the upper half independently, and the abdomen part 2 follows the chest part 2 and does not move.

    4A shows a state in which the chest part 1 is rotated to the right side when viewed from the front with respect to the abdominal part 2, and FIG. 4B shows a state where the chest part 1 is in front of the abdominal part 2. The state rotated to the left when viewed from the side is indicated by a one-dot chain line.

    In this way, the chest part 1 and the abdominal part 2 can swing independently of the abdominal part when the upper half of the torso rotates around the central axis of the body, like a throwing motion. It is necessary to concatenate. For this reason, the connection position of the chest part and the abdominal part is set to three or more in the center and both ends, and the connecting members at both ends are equal to or longer than the connecting members in the center.

    The connecting member that connects the lower edge of the chest part 1 and the central part of the upper edge of the abdominal part 2 is formed by a rectangular short cloth belt 3, and the belt 3 is valley-folded as shown in the sectional view of FIG. The front edge of the belt 3 is sewn to the straight part at the center of the lower edge of the chest part 1, and the rear edge (body side) of the belt 3 is sewn to the straight part at the center of the upper edge of the abdominal part 2. Yes.

    Both ends of the chest part 1 and the abdomen part 2 are connected via a belt 4 made of a long and narrow cloth. The lower end of the belt 4 is stitched to protrusions formed on both sides of the straight portion at the center of the upper edge of the abdominal part 2. The suture perforation at the lower end of the belt 4 is indicated by reference numeral 5. And the upper end of this belt 4 is connected with the front-end | tip of the U-shaped protection part 6 integrally formed in the upper edge of the chest part 1 with the rivet 7. FIG. A plastic female buckle 8 is attached to the tip of the rivet 7, and a male buckle 10 of a back pad 9 described later is detachably connected to the female buckle 8.

    On the back surface of the chest part 1, a wide back belt 11 made of cloth with both ends and a center part stitched to the chest part 2 is attached so as to cross the chest part 1 from side to side, and the back belt 11 and the chest part 1 are attached. In between, the belt 4 which connects the abdominal part 2 is inserted. Further, both ends of the back belt 12 made of cloth are sewn to the portion near the tip of the back surface of the U-shaped protection portion 6 of the chest part 1 so as to cross the U-shaped protection portion 6 from side to side. The belt 4 is inserted between the back surfaces of the U-shaped protection part 6 of the part 1.

    A shoulder pad 13 is detachably attached to a side of the U-shaped protection part 6 formed on the chest part 1 by a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 14a and 14b as necessary.

    An attachment flap 15 is provided on the shoulder pad 13, and a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 14 a and 14 b are attached to the back surface of the attachment flap 15 and the back surface of the U-shaped protection portion 6 formed on the chest part 1.

    A neck protection pad 16 for protecting the wearer's neck is provided at the base of the U-shaped protection portion 6 of the chest part 1.

    Next, the abdominal part 2 is wound and fixed to the wearer's abdomen by a stretchable cloth waist belt 17. One end of the waist belt 17 is attached to a belt fixing ring 18 attached to one side of the abdominal part 2 so that the length can be adjusted. A plastic buckle male buckle 19 is attached to the other end of the waist belt 17, and this male buckle 19 is detachably attached to a plastic buckle female buckle 20 attached to the other side of the abdominal part 2.

    A waist pad 21 for protecting the waist is provided at the center of the waist belt 17. The waist belt 17 is inserted into the waist pad 20 through insertion openings 22 provided on both sides of the back surface of the waist pad 21.

    At the center of the upper edge of the waist pad 20, a fixing ring 23 for fixing the lower end of the connecting belt 24 of the back pad 9 so that the length can be adjusted is attached.

    The back pad 9 is formed in a Y-shape as a whole and includes a back muscle protection portion 26 along the back muscle and a scapula protection portion 27 extending from the upper end of the back muscle protection portion 26 toward the scapula. A connecting belt 24 is attached to the frame. A male buckle 10 that is detachably attached to a female buckle 8 attached to the tip of the U-shaped protection part 6 of the chest part 1 is attached to the tip of the scapula protection part 27.

    The male buckle 10 of the back pad 9 is attached to the scapula protection portion 27 by a connecting belt 25 having elasticity. The connecting belt 25 is inserted into the back pad 9 through an insertion port 28 formed in the epidermis of the scapula protection portion 27 of the back pad 9.

    As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 5, the chest part 1 is a polyethylene that is housed in an inner space formed between a skin 1 a having an uneven shape, a back fabric 1 b, and a skin 1 a and a back fabric 1 b. The cushioning material block 1c is made of a foamed material such as polyurethane or EVA resin, and the cushioning material block 1c is divided into a plurality of cushioning material blocks 1c so that the cushioning material block 1c is along the body. The sewing machine is integrally sewn so as to be divided into two parts, and an edge winding part 1d is provided at the peripheral part. The perforation 29 of the sewing machine is represented by a broken line on the back surface of the chest part 1.

    As with the chest part 1, the abdominal part 2 is also made of polyethylene, polyurethane, EVA, which is housed in an inner space formed between the skin 2a having a concave and convex shape, a back fabric 2b, and the skin 2a and the back fabric 2b. The cushioning material block 2c is made of a foamed material such as resin, and the cushioning material block 2c is divided into a plurality of sections in the skin 2a, the back fabric 2b, and the cushioning material block 2c so that the cushioning material block 2c is along the body. In this way, the sewing machine is integrally sewn, and the edge winding portion 2d is also sewn on the peripheral edge. The perforation 30 by sewing the abdominal part 2 is also indicated by a broken line on the back surface of the abdominal part 2.

    The neck protection pad 16, the back pad 9, and the waist pad 20 also have a structure in which a cushioning material block is sandwiched between the epidermis and the back fabric similarly to the chest part 1 or the abdomen part 2.

    Next, a protector for a conventional catcher comprising a single protective pad covering the chest and abdomen, and a protective pad covering the chest and abdomen according to the present invention on two parts, a chest part 1 and an abdomen part 2 When the throwing operation was tested by actually wearing the divided parts, the protector for the conventional catcher consists of a single piece of the body. When the half and the lower half move with different movement amounts, the whole moves greatly corresponding to the movement of the upper half with a large movement amount, whereas in the protector according to the present invention, the chest part 1 moves. The abdominal part 2 moves only a little corresponding to the lower half with a small amount of movement, and the abdominal part 2 follows the movement of the chest part 1 and does not move. Make sure Theft could be.

1 Chest part 1a Epidermis 1b Back fabric 1c Buffer material block 1d Edge winding part 2 Abdominal part 2
2a skin 2b backing fabric 2c cushioning material block 2d edge winding part 3 belt 4 belt 5 stitching perforation 6 U-shaped protection part 7 rivet 8 female buckle 9 back pad 10 male buckle 11 back belt 12 back belt 13 shoulder pad 14a, 14b surface Fastener 15 Mounting flap 16 Neck protection pad 17 Waist belt 18 Belt fixing ring 19 Male buckle 20 Female buckle 21 Waist pad 22 Insertion port 23 Fixing ring 24 Connection belt 25 Connection belt 26 Back muscle protection part 27 Scapula protection part 28 Insertion opening 29, 30 perforations

Claims (6)

In a baseball or softball protector with a protective pad that covers the chest and abdomen of the catcher, the protective pad is divided into at least two parts, a chest part and an abdomen part, and the chest part and the abdomen part are separated from the central axis of the catcher. The baseball / softball protector according to claim 1 , wherein the protectors are connected to each other so as to be swingable at least in the left-right direction . The baseball / softball protector according to claim 1, wherein a division line of the divided parts is located between the upper part of the catcher 's pelvis and the pigeon tail part. The protector for baseball and softball according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the divided parts are composed of a chest part and an abdominal part, and an overlapping part is provided between a lower edge of the chest part and an upper edge of the abdominal part.   The protector for baseball and softball according to claim 3, wherein the lower edge of the chest part and the upper edge of the abdominal part are overlapped so that the lower edge of the chest part is located on the front side and the abdominal part is located on the back side. Any baseball of claims 1 to 4, in protector softball, gap distance between divided parts each other, baseball, characterized in that the ball used is set to a distance that does not pass through, protector softball . Baseball according to claim 5, in protector for softball, the chest parts, and neck pad section to protect the neck, characterized in that a shoulder pad part to protect the shoulder baseball, protector for softball.

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