JPH067735Y2 - Shin protection for ball games - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a shin protector made of felt used in ball games such as soccer and rugby.

(Prior Art) In ball games such as soccer and rugby, the opponent's shin may be kicked during a ball kick or tackle. For this reason, the player wears stockings, socks, and other pads on the shin. Is normal. This kind of pad
Generally, urethane foam is adhered to the back surface of a hard plastic material having a curved cross section, and a projection having an inverted V-shaped cross section or a longitudinal ridge is formed on the surface of the hard plastic material to prevent the stocking from slipping. It has a structure.
The pad reduced shin injury during the match and at least reduced major tibial fracture injuries.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Since the conventional tibial pad is made of hard plastic, it is almost impossible to transform it into a shape other than the molded shape.
Therefore, depending on the player's individual difference, the pad may not be able to adhere to the shin accurately, and the pad may shift during the game to hinder play, or the shift may cause the pad to lose its original function. Can happen,
Especially for children, there are many problems. In addition, even if the hard plastic material has a high bending strength, it is weak against shocks and may be damaged when the pads come into direct contact with each other. In this case, accidents such as piercing broken plastic pieces may occur. Absent. The urethane foam on the back of the plastic has a good cushioning property, but has a relatively low buckling resistance, so that it has a feeling of bottoming at the time of contact, and there is a case where the shin may feel pain on contact with a ball or spike.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As a result of various studies on the above-mentioned problems relating to the shin pad for ball games, the present inventor has found that the use of a thick felt sheet makes it easier to fit the shin, and has an impact strength and a cushioning property. The present invention succeeds in obtaining an excellent shin protection device and provides this invention.

The shin protector 1 according to the present invention is made of a relatively thick felt material 2 made of natural or synthetic resin, and has a thickness of, for example, 5 to 10 mm, and is generally made of one felt sheet, but if desired, It may be a multi-layered felt structure having two or more layers. The felt material 2 may be made by mixing two or more kinds of fibers with each other, but when surface-hardening by heat melting, it is necessary to dispose a large number of meltable fibers at least on the felt surface. The shin protector 1 is the first
As shown in the drawings and FIG. 2, it has a planar shape of a size that covers at least the front surface of the shin 3, and is, for example, an elliptical shape or a planar shape close to this. The width of the shin protector 1 is the shin 3
The side may also be a length to be covered, but it is not preferable that it is a tubular shape that covers the whole of the shin because it will hinder the movement of the foot. Further, the vertical width of the protector 1 may be any length as long as it covers from below the knee to the ankle, and is generally 20 to 25 cm.

A plurality of vertical grooves 5 are provided on the surface 4 of the felt material 2 at predetermined intervals to facilitate bending of the protector 1 along the front surface of the shin 3 of the player (see FIG. 2). . These vertical grooves may be formed by simply partially cutting the surface of the felt material with a cutter, or may be formed by forming a corrugated section during hot pressing (see FIG. 4). The felt material surface 4 is roughened by anti-slip processing only on the surface, and the anti-slip processing may be partial heat melting such as scalloping, or heat fusion hardening of the surface felt layer. .

(Function) The shin protector 1 of the present invention is provided with a plurality of vertical grooves 5 on the surface of the felt material 2 so that the shin 3 can be easily fitted even if the thickness is relatively large and the surface is hardened. Moreover, when the stocking is worn by the hardening anti-slip process, the protective equipment 1 hardly shifts sideways or downward. If the shin protector 1 is made of relatively thick felt, it will not be damaged even if a strong impact is directly applied to the protector.
Moreover, due to the hardened felt surface portion and the high buckling resistance of the felt, it is possible to sufficiently cushion the impact on the player's shin.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A shin protector 1 is made of a felt material 2 having a plane shape close to an ellipse as illustrated in FIG. 3, and the felt material is, for example, a polyester fiber. Made of 7mm thick, 10cm wide, 20 ~ height
It is 25 cm. The plan-view shape of the felt material 2 is generally large and a little wider at the upper side so as to protect the side part of the player's upper shin, and may be cut into a size desired by the player as desired. A plurality of parallel vertical grooves 5 are provided on the surface 4 of the felt material 2 with a cutter (not shown) at predetermined intervals (for example, 1 cm intervals), and the depth of the vertical grooves is about half the felt material thickness. . These vertical grooves 5 are preferably provided continuously from the upper end to the lower end of the felt material surface 4 as shown in FIG. After forming the flutes 5, only the felt material surface 4 is hardened by anti-slip processing. This anti-slip processing may be achieved by heating the felt material surface 4 at a high temperature for a short time to burn the fiber, and this quiking causes partial heat melting of the fiber. As the surface heating means, a direct flame using a gas scalpel, a heat treatment machine, a far infrared heating machine, or the like is used.

The protector 1 is arranged on the front surface of the shin 3 as shown in FIG. 1, and is bent along the surface of the shin to be fitted. Next, wearing the stockings 6 and completely covering the protector 1 as shown, the protector can be stopped at the position shown.

FIG. 4 shows a modified example of the present invention. In the felt material 8 of the protector 7, a vertical groove 9 is formed at the same time when the felt material is hot pressed, and the surface of the felt material has a corrugated cross-sectional shape. Further, the convex portion 10 on the surface of the felt material is subjected to the anti-slip process in which the fibers are heat-melted by the direct flame to cure only the surface of the convex portion. If desired, a relatively thin reinforcing felt material may be integrated with the back surface of the felt material of the protector 7 by needle punching. The reinforcing felt material is made of aromatic polyamide fiber having high elasticity, for example. Further, in the shin protector 1 or 7, instead of heat-melting and curing the fibers on the surface thereof, a thermosetting resin may be thinly applied and then heat treated to cure only the felt surface. FIG. 5 shows another modified example, in which the protector 11 comprises two layers of felt materials 12 and 13, and both felt materials are integrated by needle punching. The felt material 12 may be made of natural fibers such as wool or synthetic fibers. on the other hand,
The felt material 13 is made of a natural or synthetic fiber in which at least a heat-fusible fiber (for example, a product name Melty [manufactured by Unitika Ltd.]) is partially mixed. On the surface of the felt material 13, V
A plurality of vertical grooves 14 having a V-shaped cross section are provided, and the bottom ends of the vertical grooves are located in the felt material 13 or reach the vicinity of the felt material. After forming the flutes 14, the integrated felt material is heat-treated at a temperature higher than the melting point of the heat-fusible fiber to make the felt material 1
Only 2 is cured to obtain the desired surface-hardened protector 11.

(Effect of the Invention) The shin protector according to the present invention is made of a comparatively thick felt, and only the surface thereof is hardened. Therefore, the protector is not damaged even if an impact is directly applied to the protector, and the inner surface of the felt is protected. The high buckling resistance of the cushion sufficiently cushions the player's shin. With the protective equipment of the present invention, by providing a plurality of vertical grooves on the surface, it is easy to fit the front part of the player's shin even if the thickness is relatively large, and the surface is non-slip to prevent it from slipping sideways when wearing stockings or socks. It does not shift downward. With this structure, the shin protector of the present invention can be used not only in soccer, rugby, American football, but also in ball games such as hockey and ice hockey, and protects the player's shin even from a strong hit with a stick. You can On the other hand, since the conventional shin pad is made of hard plastic, it cannot be deformed to any shape other than the formed shape, and the pad does not adhere to the shin accurately depending on the player. The play may be hindered due to misalignment. In addition, even if the hard plastic material has a high bending strength, it is unexpectedly weak against impact, so it may be damaged when the pads come into direct contact with each other, which may be dangerous. Is much more advantageous.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial side view showing an attached state of a shin protector according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an attached state of the shin protector of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a shin. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a protector, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic end views showing modifications of the invention. 1 ... shin protection, 2 ... felt material, 3 ... shin, 4
…… Felt material surface, 5 …… Vertical groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A felt material made of natural or synthetic fibers having a total thickness of 5 to 10 mm, the felt material having a planar shape at least large enough to cover the front surface of the shin, and after hardening. But in order to make it easy to bend along the front of the shin, multiple vertical grooves are provided in parallel on the felt material surface,
A shin protector for ball games, which achieves non-slip at the same time by hardening only the surface of the felt material by impact heat cushioning or partial heat fusion of the felt fibers by surface heat treatment.