US2652565A - Kneepad for wear - Google Patents

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US2652565A
US2652565A US290138A US29013852A US2652565A US 2652565 A US2652565 A US 2652565A US 290138 A US290138 A US 290138A US 29013852 A US29013852 A US 29013852A US 2652565 A US2652565 A US 2652565A
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Maclellan Kenneth Basil Withy
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George Maclellan & Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/05—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches protecting only a particular body part
    • A41D13/055—Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body
    • A41D13/0556—Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body with releasable fastening means
    • A41D13/0568—Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body with releasable fastening means with straps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/05—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches protecting only a particular body part
    • A41D13/06—Knee or foot
    • A41D13/065—Knee protectors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S128/00—Surgery
    • Y10S128/20—Inflatable splint

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  • This invention relates to improvements in knee pads for wear, being more particularly applicable to knee pads for wear by miners and outside workers.
  • the primary object of this invention is to provide a knee pad which will protect the bursa pad of the wearers knee when he is obliged to kneel at his work and which is not liable to retain particles of grit, dust and the like between the wearers knee and the knee pad.
  • A. knee pad according to the invention comprises a cluster of peripherally spaced arcuate resilient members, the outer peripheries of the arcs lying on an imaginary synclastically curved surface, and rods or the like penetrating said arcuate members adjacent to the ends thereof and serving as connecting elements holding said arcuate members together.
  • Fig. 1 is a side perspective view of a knee pad secured around the knee of a wearer.
  • Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, the knee of the wearer being bent.
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the knee pad before the knee of the wearer is placed on the ground.
  • Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3, the weight of the wearer being applied to the knee pad on the ground.
  • a plurality of peripherally spaced arcuate resilient members I are arranged in a cluster.
  • Rods 2 penetrate the arcuate members I adjacent to the ends thereof and serve as connecting elements holding said arcuate members I together.
  • a washer 3 is disposed on each end of each rod 2 and is held in position by a split pin 4 inserted through a transverse hole in the rod 2.
  • the arcuate members I are elliptical or approximately elliptical in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3. Considering the position of the major axes and the minor axes of the ellipses on a plane normal to the arcuate members, the major axes are directed towards the ground and the minor axes are parallel to the rods.
  • the arcuate members I may be of sponge rubber, but are preferably constituted by tubes of compounded rubber, natural or synthetic, or of rubber substitute, or they may be of resilient plastic.
  • the knee pad is adapted to be adjustably secured around the knee 5 of the wearer by means of a pair of removable straps 6 attached to the rods 2.
  • the arcuate resilient members I form together an archway comprising a row of halfhoops having a common curvilinear axis, the ends of the half-hoops being joined by the rods or the like 2 approximately parallel to said axis.
  • each arcuate member l is compressed against the ground, as shown in Fig. 4, and is so far flattened that the flattened portions or" adjacent members i meet to provide a seal against the entrance of particles of grit, dust and the like; the tubular members also acting as a cushion against any roughness of the ground.
  • knee pad combats three of the main causes of bursitis, beat knee, or housemaids knee, which are namely:
  • a knee pad for wear comprising a row of laterally spaced independent tubes of rubber disposed in side by side relationship and curved approximately in the form of arcs to constitute a synclastically curved arch, stiff connecting elements respectively penetrating said tubes transversely near the ends of said tubes, and straps for securing the pad to the wearer connected to the end portions of said connecting elements.

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2785406A (en) * 1956-01-30 1957-03-19 John T Riddell Inc Tubular face guard
US3454963A (en) * 1968-03-06 1969-07-15 Henry C Palladino Athletic brace
US4870956A (en) * 1988-07-21 1989-10-03 Competitive Athletics Technology, Inc. Knee brace
US5090055A (en) * 1989-10-31 1992-02-25 Mcelroy Philip J R Air cushion kneeling pad
USD351255S (en) 1992-12-15 1994-10-04 Pytlewski Walter W Knee pad
US6058503A (en) * 1998-03-20 2000-05-09 Williams; David Articulated joint protector
CN105433467A (zh) * 2015-12-23 2016-03-30 江苏圣澜纺织科技有限公司 带有防护衬垫的服装及其防护衬垫的使用方法

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DE661501C (de) * 1938-06-20 Friedrich Niehaus & Co Knieschuetzer aus Gummi

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DE661501C (de) * 1938-06-20 Friedrich Niehaus & Co Knieschuetzer aus Gummi

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2785406A (en) * 1956-01-30 1957-03-19 John T Riddell Inc Tubular face guard
US3454963A (en) * 1968-03-06 1969-07-15 Henry C Palladino Athletic brace
US4870956A (en) * 1988-07-21 1989-10-03 Competitive Athletics Technology, Inc. Knee brace
US5090055A (en) * 1989-10-31 1992-02-25 Mcelroy Philip J R Air cushion kneeling pad
USD351255S (en) 1992-12-15 1994-10-04 Pytlewski Walter W Knee pad
US6058503A (en) * 1998-03-20 2000-05-09 Williams; David Articulated joint protector
CN105433467A (zh) * 2015-12-23 2016-03-30 江苏圣澜纺织科技有限公司 带有防护衬垫的服装及其防护衬垫的使用方法
CN105433467B (zh) * 2015-12-23 2017-01-25 江苏圣澜纺织科技有限公司 带有防护衬垫的服装及其防护衬垫的使用方法

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