JPS6297576A - Bust protector - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an upper body protector for sports, and particularly to an upper body protector that can be applied to motor sports activities including motorcycles such as motocross.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART Upper body protectors consisting of a chest plate, suspender sections, shoulders and back protectors for the arms are now widely used during motorsport activities.

The components described above are riveted or riveted together so that they flex relative to each other in response to movement of the wearer.

Also, the main part is made of a hard but pliable material, such as plastic, and is padded in whole or in part from the inside. In addition, a band of partially or fully extensible material is usually attached to the protector to allow it to be fastened to the wearer.

As an example of the above-mentioned upper body protector, U.S. Patent No. 4゜467
, No. 475.

(Problems with the Prior Art) However, the conventional upper body protector described above is not suitable for being worn by people of different sizes. Therefore, it has to be manufactured according to the size of each individual person, and even if one size is made, the device cannot be made to fit many people, and it has to be shaped by compromising on the needs of the wearer. It turns out.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to provide an upper body protector having various parts that are mutually adjustable depending on the physique of the wearer.

(Means and effects for solving the problems of the prior art) In order to achieve the above object, the upper body protector according to the present invention has a chest plate portion that fits around the wearer's chest, and a chest plate portion that fits around the wearer's shoulders with a fit. The protector consists of a suspender part that surrounds the wearer's shoulders, and left and right shoulder parts that are connected to the suspenders and surround the wearer's shoulders with a comfortable fit.Each component of these protectors is generally made of a flexible (easily bent) and hard plate material. (e.g. plastic).

Preferably, the suspender portion is formed from two separate shoulders. That is, it is formed from left and right shoulder parts that are fixed and adjustable in a direction perpendicular to the chest.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the left and right shoulders are fixed to the corresponding suspender parts, so that the shoulders can be adjusted and fixed by connecting with the suspender parts according to the shoulder width of the wearer. ing. Movie.

- It is preferable that some of the bars are fixed to the lower part of the shoulder, for example, by a stainch.

The arm portion protects the arm of the wearer and preferably includes an elastic band to ensure that each protector component is properly secured to the wearer.

A back protector is a component in another embodiment of the upper body protector described above.

The back protector is vertically adjustable and connectable to the suspender portion.

The adjustment means located on the various plate-like components of the protector have recesses formed in some parts and protrusions in other corresponding parts, so that the protrusions are movable along the recesses. The lower surface of the recess includes holes of equal size that correspond to the holes in the raised surface. A bolt is then placed in the aligned hole and tightened with a nut. In this way, by selecting an appropriate hole from the fixing recess, the size of the upper body protector can be varied.

In yet another embodiment, the recess has a rectangular hole therein. Corresponding surfaces of the protrusions and recesses include corresponding nodules or slots. Locking of the adjustment means is therefore effected by tightening the corresponding nodules or slots to each other by tightening nuts and bolts.

In yet another embodiment, the hole in the recess consists of a slot containing a guide providing a wavy edge. The adjustment means are thus clamped together by bolts and nuts via suitable guides.

In yet another embodiment of the invention, the adjustment means comprises equally spaced holes in the protector components and also includes locking means. Therefore, the holes in the adjustable component can be located at larger areas both laterally and vertically. In this way, adjustments can be made very easily.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the upper body protector according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of an upper body protector according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper body protector includes a chest part 1, left and right suspender parts 11, 12 connected to the chest part so as to be mainly vertically adjustable by adjustment means, and upper left and right suspender parts 11, 12. The arm portions 5, 6 also consist of corresponding left and right shoulder portions 3, 4 connected to suspender portions.

The chest plate, shoulders, and suspenders are made of plastic plates that are rigid and flexible in accordance with the human skeleton.

A band 1 is attached to the inner edge of the chest plate 1 by a stiffener 19.
8 is sewing. Stitching is performed on the inside of the shoulders 3 and 4 by a stiffener 21 to cover the entire inside part of the shoulders. There is a stretchable band 9 on the upper arm part connected to the suspender part so as to fasten the upper arm part to the wearer's arm.

In addition, the chest plate has wind guard slots 2 to provide a comfortable fit for the wearer of the protector.
2 is included. Chest plate part 1 and suspender part 11.12
The adjusting means will be explained in detail later with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

FIG. 2 shows a part of the upper body protector according to the present invention. In the upper body protector, the shoulder part 3 is connected to the suspender part 11 by the adjustment means 7, and can be adjusted in the lateral direction by the hole in the adjustment means 7 and the bolt 14 according to the shoulder width of the wearer.

Another adjustment means between the shoulder part 3 and the suspender part 11 is shown in FIG. It consists of a connecting piece 88, preferably a stretchable band, connected from one end to the pad 20, as well as a positionable hole and a locking bolt. The above connection piece 88
The other end is inserted into the desired hole in the suspender part.
There is a hole that fits pole 14 so that 8 is connected by a bolt.

In this case, the adjustment is made in parallel to the length direction of the suspender portion. This case is the opposite of that shown in FIG. That is, in the case shown in FIG. 2, adjustment is performed in a direction transverse to the length direction of the suspender portion. Further, it is possible to combine the adjustment points shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. This allows for both longitudinal and transverse adjustment to the shoulders.

FIG. 4 shows a part of the upper body protector according to the present invention. In FIG. 4, the upper body protector includes the chest plate 1 shown in FIG. It consists of part 10. The back plate has a wind slot 24 and a stiffener 26 on the inner edge of the back plate.
and an edge pad 25 connected by. The chest and back plate fabric means 8 preferably consist of two stretchable bands, one end of which is sewn up to the chest and back plate parts;
Opposite ends of the above band consist of two corresponding parts of a clamping device that clamps the band ends together. or,
The adjustment means 23 include an adjustment slot 27 with a guide providing a wavy edge.

The adjustment means can therefore be clamped in the desired position by means of the pole 14 via suitable guides.

Note that the shoulders and arms are not shown here.

Figure 5 shows the construction of a textile means 8 that can be used in conjunction with an upper body protector that does not include a back plate.

The textile means 8 thus consist of a band 28 connected to the upper part 29,30 of the chest part. One end of the band 28 is connected to one upper part 29 and the other end to the other upper part 80. An adjustable textile structure is connected to the lower part of the vertical edge of the chest part, and to the textile structure there is a stretchable band, a clasp 81, a buckle 3z and a central part of the band 28 connected to the central part of the textile structure. It consists of a connected connector.

The pad 18 has the above-mentioned band 28 at the upper part 29.3 of the chest plate.
Note that a cut has been made along the dash-dotted line from the upper part of the chest plate section to show how it is connected to the 0.

FIG. 6 shows the connection between the arms 5, 6 and the corresponding suspender parts. The upper band 84 of the arm has a circular shape and is located around the arm.

A stiffener 35 connecting the band to the arm portion and a stiffener 36 connecting the band to the suspender portion are shown.

Therefore, the connection is flexible and does not restrict arm movement when the upper body protector is worn.

7 and 8 show the adjusting means 7 used in the upper body protector according to the present invention. The adjustment means 7 is used for adjustment connections between the chest plate and the suspender part, between the suspender part and the shoulder part, and between the suspender part and the back plate part.

The adjusting means 7 is composed of, for example, a convex portion 16 on the chest plate portion and a corresponding concave portion 17 on the suspender portion.The widths of the convex portion and the concave portion correspond to each other, but since the concave portion is larger than the convex portion, the convex portion is It is movable along the length direction of the recess.

The surface of the recess 17 has eight holes 87 spaced apart from each other by equal distances. The surface of the convex portion 16 has a corresponding hole. The chest and suspender parts can thus be clamped together by nuts and bolts when the hole in the torso is aligned with one of the holes in the recess.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the upper body protector according to the present invention includes a semi-rigid upper body shield body having a chest plate portion, a suspender portion, and left and right shoulder portions, and the chest plate portion has a comfortable fit. The suspender part surrounds the wearer's chest with a fit, and the left and right upper arm parts are connected to the left and right shoulder parts, and the suspender part and the suspender part are connected to the left and right shoulder parts. An adjustment device connected to the suspender part and the chest part, which allows the chest part to be adjusted with respect to each other mainly in a vertical direction, and a textile means associated with the chest part and a band associated with the upper arm part are provided. A feature is that the entire protector is properly held by the wearer.

Therefore, since the same protector can be adjusted according to the physique of the wearer, the manufacturing cost of the upper body protector according to the present invention can be reduced. Additionally, the need to manufacture individual protectors to fit the wearer's size would be eliminated.

In addition, since the various parts of the protector can be adjusted according to the wishes of the wearer, it is possible to achieve the effect that the protector can be worn with a good fit.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing one embodiment of the upper body protector according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial view of the upper body protector showing another embodiment of the upper body protector according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a partial view showing another embodiment of the upper body protector according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is an overall view showing the configuration of the band of the upper body protector, FIG. 6 shows the upper arm part of the upper body protector, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are cross-sectional views showing the adjustment means of the upper body protector according to the present invention. It is a diagram. (Explanation of symbols) 1...Chest plate part, 2...Suspender part, 11.12.
... Left and right suspender sections, 3, 4... Left and right shoulder sections, 5, 6... Left and right arm sections, 7. Adjustment means, 8. Textile means, 9. Stretchable band, 10... Back plate part, 14... Bolt, 15...
Nut, 16... Convex portion, 17... Concave portion, 18...
Pad, 19... Stain inch, 20... Pad, 2
1... Stain inch, 22... Wind guard slot, 23
...Adjustment means, 24...Wind guard slot, 25...
・Green pad, 26... Stain inch 27... Adjustment slot, 28... Pan)", 29, 30... Upper part of chest plate, 31... Clasp, 82... Buckle, 8
4... Upper band of arm, 85, 36... Stain inch, 37... 8 holes, 38... Connection piece. ” Fig, I Fig, 2 Fig, 3 Fig, 4 Fig, 6 Fig, 8 Procedural amendment 1986 1: November 27

Claims (9)

[Claims] (1) (a) A semi-rigid chest plate part that surrounds the wearer's chest with a feeling of fitting; (b) A semi-rigid suspender part that surrounds the shoulders of the wearer with a feeling of fitting; (c) semi-rigid left and right shoulder portions connected to the suspenders and surrounding the wearer's shoulders in a snug fit; (d) left and right upper arm portions connected to the left and right shoulder portions, respectively; (e) an adjustment device connecting the suspender portion and the chest plate portion and allowing their positions to be adjusted relative to each other primarily in a vertical direction; (f) textile means attached to the chest plate portion; (g) the left side. and a band which is attached to the right upper arm and is appropriately held together with the textile means to the wearer with a good fit. (2) The suspender part has a back plate part connected by an adjustment tool, and the suspender part and the back plate part are adjustable mainly in the vertical direction. Upper body protector as described in section. (3) The upper body protector according to claim 2, wherein the suspender part is composed of two parts: a left suspender part and a right suspender part. (4) A patent characterized in that the left and right shoulder portions are connected to the corresponding suspender portions by adjusting devices, respectively, so that the left and right shoulder portions can be adjusted according to the shoulder width of the wearer. The upper body protector according to claim 3. (5) The upper body protector according to claim 1, wherein the textile means is fixed in an appropriate position by stitching. (6) The textile means is attached to the chest plate part and the back plate part, so that the entire upper body protector is properly and reliably held by the wearer. upper body protector. (7) The upper body protector according to claim 4, wherein the adjustment tool comprises a threaded bolt and a corresponding hole in a portion of the protector that is adjustably connected to a nut. (8) The upper body protector according to claim 7, wherein the adjustment tool has a set of holes. (9) The upper body protector according to claim 8, wherein the adjuster has a recess corresponding to the body.