JP7286176B2 - baseball leggings - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to leggings worn on the legs for use in ball games such as baseball and softball.

In baseball and softball, the position of catcher is located behind the batter, so a foul tip may change the trajectory of the pitcher's pitch, or the pitcher's pitch may become one bounce. Since there are many opportunities for contact with runners sliding to the base, it is necessary to wear protective gear such as helmets, catcher masks, protectors and leggings.

Leggings are armor worn on the legs, mainly to protect the area below the knees. The catcher catches the ball thrown by the pitcher while sitting with his knees bent. sometimes. Also, during catcher fly, bunt processing, base cover, etc., you may run with protective gear on. Therefore, various proposals have been made so far for leg guards from the viewpoint of allowing the catcher to move smoothly while providing impact resistance as armor. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses leggings for ball games that ensure high impact cushioning properties in a wide protective area and provide a sufficient fit.

These leggings have a single cup that protects the wearer's knees, a double cup that has two cups to protect the upper and lower knees, and a double cup that has three cups. There is a so-called triple cup having a cup portion. In general, boys' baseball players in the lower grades of elementary school use single cup leggings, and in the upper grades of elementary school and above, they often use double cups, and players with large physiques tend to use triple cups.

JP 2014-236893 A

However, conventional legwear has a continuous structure from the part that protects the shin and instep to the cup part of the knee, and there is a problem that it is not possible to change the size. For example, even if you start using single cup leggings in the lower grades of elementary school, as your body grows, the position of the cup will not match with single cup leggings and you will not be able to protect the entire knee, so you will soon switch to double cup leggings. It can happen that you have to. Also, when leggings are shared within a baseball team, multiple leggings must be prepared if the sizes do not match due to differences in physique.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide baseball leggings that are adaptable to size changes.

In order to solve the above problems, the baseball leggings according to the present invention include 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. An opening for detachably attaching an additional knee protector having a second knee protection part that complements the knee protector and a connection member with the knee protector is provided at the upper end of the knee protector. Characterized by

According to this, since the upper end of the single-cup leggings is provided with an opening for detachably attaching an additional protector for knee protection, the baseball leggings can be adapted to size changes.

Further, the baseball legwear according to the present invention comprises a knee protector for protecting the knee, a shin protector for protecting the shin, and an instep protector for protecting from the ankle to the instep, wherein the knee An opening is provided in the upper end of the protector, and the baseball leg further includes 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 leggings characterized by comprising:

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

Moreover, it is preferable that at least one of the openings is provided at each position symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the baseball leg.

Further, it is preferable that the opening is constructed by embedding a plate-shaped synthetic resin material with 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 leg, characterized by comprising a connecting member detachably attached to the opening, and a second knee protector complementing the knee protector. It can also be expressed as an additional knee protector.

As described above, according to the baseball leggings according to the present invention, an opening is provided at the upper end of the single-cup leggings, and an additional knee protector can be detachably attached to the opening. can be handled.

1 is a perspective view of baseball leggings. FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a baseball leg. FIG. 1 is a front view of baseball leggings. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the attachment state of a knee attachment. It is a perspective view after attaching a knee attachment. It is a figure which expands and shows opening part vicinity. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an opening. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of the configuration of the opening;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the baseball leggings of this embodiment. 2 is a rear perspective view and FIG. 3 is a front view.

The baseball leg guards shown in this embodiment are single cup leg guards. The single cup leg guards 1 are protectors for catchers that are worn on the legs when playing baseball or softball. It has an instep protector 16 for protecting the instep and a fastener 2 for detachably attaching the leg wear.

The knee protector 10 is a protector that protects the wearer's knees, and is composed of a knee shock absorbing portion 11 made of a soft elastic member such as sponge, silicon, or a cushioning material, and a hard material such as hard plastic. A knee cup portion 12 is provided. Knee shock absorbing portion 11 is constructed by covering a soft elastic member with leather, fabric, or the like. By attaching knee cup portion 12 to this knee shock absorbing portion 11 by sewing or the like, knee protector 10 is formed. It is configured. An opening 20 is formed at the upper end of the knee protector 10, here, at the upper end of the knee shock absorbing portion 11, for detachably attaching a knee attachment 4, which will be described later.

The shin protector 13 includes a shin shock absorbing portion 14 and a shin cup portion 15 . This protector protects the wearer's shin, and includes a shin shock absorbing 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 buffer portion 14 .

The instep protector 16 includes an instep impact buffering 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, and like the knee protector 10 and the shin protector 13, the instep shock absorbing part 17 is made of a soft elastic member and is made of a hard material. The instep cup portion 18 is attached to the instep shock absorbing portion 17 to form the instep protector 16 . In some cases, the instep protector 16 does not include the instep cup portion 18 and is composed only of the instep shock absorbing portion 17 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining how the knee attachment is attached.

Knee attachment 4 is a protector for protecting the knee, similar to knee protector 10, and is a component (additional knee protector) that becomes an additional knee protector by being attached to opening 20 of knee protector 10. If the knee protector 10 is the first knee protector, the knee attachment 4 can be said to be the second knee protector that complements the first knee protector. Further, if the knee protector 10 is the main protection section, the knee attachment 4 can be said to be a sub-protection section or an auxiliary protection section. Since this knee attachment 4 has a knee attachment cup portion 5 made of a hard material, by attaching the knee attachment 4 to the knee protector 10, a double knee joint having the knee cup portion 12 and the knee attachment cup portion 5 can be obtained. Can be changed to double cup leggers 3 of the cup.

The knee attachment 4 has an attachment belt 7 and a belt ring 6 at the tip of the attachment belt 7 below the knee attachment cup portion 5 at a position corresponding to the opening 20 of the knee protector 10 . The belt ring 6 and the attachment belt 7 function as connecting members that connect the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10 . In addition, the knee attachment 4 also has a fastener 2, similar to the body of the leg.

The attachment belt 7 is composed of a belt member, and one end of the attachment belt 7 is attached near the lower side of the knee attachment cup portion 5 by sewing or the like. The belt member that constitutes the attachment belt 7 has flexibility and resistance to twisting or recovery from twisting so that the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10 can move smoothly following the movement of the catcher's knee. For example, it is preferable to use a so-called PP belt (a belt made of polypropylene material) or a leather belt.

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. When the substantially parallel state is released after being inserted into the opening 20 It is a fastener that prevents it from coming off. The knee attachment 4 can be detachably attached to the knee protector 10 by inserting the two belt rings 6 into the corresponding two openings 20 .

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

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 leggings 1, to the single-cup leggings 1, a double-cup double leg having two cup portions can be obtained. It can be made into a cup leg 3, which realizes a leg that can accommodate size changes.

Here, the single cup leggings 1 and the knee attachment 4 are connected by a belt member. Both can be connected by hooking or by snap buttons, but in order to follow the movement of the knees of the catcher wearing leggings and make the connecting part move smoothly, it is connected with a belt member as shown in the figure. preferably configured to

Also, the opening 20 formed at the upper end of the knee protector 10 is formed at the upper end of the knee shock absorbing portion 11 which is made of a soft elastic member. The opening 20 may be formed at the upper end of the knee cup portion 12, but from the viewpoint of ease of processing, and considering the sound of contact with the belt ring 6 every time the wearer moves, the knee impact Preferably, it is formed at the upper end of the buffer portion 11 . The edges of the opening 20 where there is friction with the attachment belt 7 and the belt ring 6 are preferably finished with tape or the like to prevent frictional noise and wear of members. The configuration of the opening 20 will be described below.

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

The opening 20 formed at the upper end of the knee shock absorbing portion 11 may be formed by simply opening the upper end of the knee shock absorbing portion 11. However, as shown in FIG. It is preferable that a plate-like resin plate 21 made of such materials as the above is perforated to form the opening 20 and that the resin plate 21 is incorporated in the upper end of the knee shock absorbing portion 11 .

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

As an opening, an open metal ring 22 may be fitted into the upper end of the knee shock absorbing 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.

Alternatively, an open metal ring 23 may be attached to the tape member 24 as the opening, 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), leather or cloth tape, and is sewn near the upper side of the knee cup portion 12 .

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, it is preferable to provide two openings at symmetrical positions with respect to the vertical center line of the leg. In addition to these two openings, another opening may be provided in the central portion as shown in FIG. It is permissible to install only one in the center, but considering the ability to follow the movement of the catcher's knee and the stability when wearing the leg guard, it should be positioned symmetrically with respect to the vertical center line of the leg guard. Preferably, at least one of each is provided.

As described above, the baseball leg leg of this embodiment has an opening 20 formed in the upper end of the knee protector 10 of the single cup leg leg 1, and the knee attachment 4 of the additional knee protection protector is attached to this opening 20. An attachment belt 7 and a belt ring 6 are provided at positions corresponding to . By inserting the belt ring 6 into the opening 20, the knee attachment 4 is detachably attached to the single cup leggings 1, and the belt ring 6 and the attachment belt 7 are connecting members that connect the knee attachment 4 and the knee protector 10. function as

In the baseball leggers constructed in this way, by attaching the knee attachment 4 to the single-cup leggers 1, the single-cup leggers can be changed to the double-cup leggers. Even if the position of the cup does not match due to the growth of the child, there is no need to replace with double cup leggings, and it will be possible to respond to size changes. Also, even when leggings are shared within a baseball team, the size can be adjusted according to the difference in physique by attaching and detaching the knee attachment 4, so there is no need to prepare a plurality of leggings.

As described above, according to the baseball leggings of this embodiment, an opening is provided at the upper end of the single cup leggings, and an additional knee protection protector that complements the single cup can be detachably attached to this opening. Since it is configured so that it can be attached, it is possible to correspond to size changes.

The baseball leggings according to the present invention have been described above based on the embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can achieve the object of the present invention without departing from the gist of the invention. Various design modifications are possible, all of which are included within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the main body of the single cup leggings and the knee attachment are detachable, and the size of the single cup and the double cup can be changed. and may be configured to allow resizing between double and triple cups.

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

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is particularly useful as leggings worn by catchers of baseball and softball as protective gear, and is particularly suitable as leggings for youth baseball.

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

Claims (6)

Baseball leggings comprising a knee protector for protecting the knee, a shin protector for protecting the shin, and an instep protector for protecting from the ankle to the instep,
A baseball characterized by comprising an opening at the upper end of the knee protector for detachably attaching an additional knee protector having a second knee protection part that complements the knee protector and a connection member with the knee protector. leggings for. Baseball leggings comprising a knee protector for protecting the knee, a shin protector for protecting the shin, and an instep protector for protecting from the ankle to the instep,
An opening is provided at the upper end of the knee protector,
The baseball leggings further comprise:
Baseball leggings, comprising: an additional knee protector having a connecting member detachably attached to the opening, and a second knee protector complementing the knee protector. The connection member is
a belt member attached to the underside of the second knee protector;
The baseball leggings according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a belt ring attached to the tip of the belt member. The opening is
The baseball leg guard according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least one leg guard is provided at each position symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line of the baseball leg guard. The baseball leggings according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the opening is formed by embedding a plate-shaped synthetic resin material with a hole in the upper end of the knee protector. . An additional knee for baseball leggings comprising a knee protector for protecting the knee, a shin protector for protecting the shin, an instep protector for protecting from the ankle to the instep, and an opening provided at the upper end of the knee protector. a connecting member that is a protector and is detachably attached to the opening;
An additional knee protector for baseball leggings, comprising: a second knee protector that complements the knee protector.

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