WO2005092452A1 - Dispositif de protection des membres inferieurs s'utilisant dans la pratique sportive - Google Patents

Dispositif de protection des membres inferieurs s'utilisant dans la pratique sportive Download PDF

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WO2005092452A1
WO2005092452A1 PCT/IB2005/000416 IB2005000416W WO2005092452A1 WO 2005092452 A1 WO2005092452 A1 WO 2005092452A1 IB 2005000416 W IB2005000416 W IB 2005000416W WO 2005092452 A1 WO2005092452 A1 WO 2005092452A1
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Paolo Carlo Nosengo
Dario Giaretto
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4 U Trading S.R.L.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/12—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders
    • A63B71/1225—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/12—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders
    • A63B71/1225—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet
    • A63B2071/1241—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet for the thigh
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/12—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders
    • A63B71/1225—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet
    • A63B2071/125—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet for the knee
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/08—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions
    • A63B71/12—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders
    • A63B71/1225—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet
    • A63B2071/1258—Body-protectors for players or sportsmen, i.e. body-protecting accessories affording protection of body parts against blows or collisions for the body or the legs, e.g. for the shoulders for the legs, e.g. thighs, knees, ankles, feet for the shin, e.g. shin guards

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  • the present invention relates in general to the practising of sports activities that involve imporAant stresses on the lower limbs, and more in particular on the knees .
  • State of the art The strength and compactness of the skeleton of: the lower limbs (femur-knee-tibia/fibula) are ensured by the presence of the ligaments supported by more or less adequate muscular masses.
  • athletes tend to reinforce the muscles of their legs with physical exercise or even by means of chemical substances.
  • the primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a remedy to the problem that has been set forth above . More in particular, the invention proposes a protective device designed to confer on both of the lower limbs, during practising of sports activities, a greater compactness and solidity, with specific reference made to the articulation of the knee.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide a protective device that is simple, inexpensive and functional in order to confer on the articulations of both knees an efficient anti-torsional support together with an anti-impact protection both in the area of said articulation as well as above and below it.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide a protective device that is easily adjustable and consequently rapidly adaptable to different anatomical configurations of the lower limbs.
  • a device for protecting the lower limbs during the practice of sports activities the principal characteristic of which lies in the fact that it consists of a pair of supports, each of which comprises: - a rigid arched femoral band, which can be applied against the front side of the thigh above the knee, said femoral band being plastically modellable; - a rigid arched tibial band, which can be applied against the front side of the leg below the knee, said tibial band also being plastically modellable; - an upper pair of rigid side rods and a lower pair of rigid side rods, said two pairs of side rods interconnecting said femoral band and said tibial band in such a way that they can rotate with respect to one another about the axis of articulation of the knee; - adjustment means for adjusting connection between said rigid rods and said femoral and tibial bands, respectively; and - means for dorsal connection of said femoral
  • each support can further include a structure projecting at the bottom to enabled a substantially rigid connection of said rigid bottom rods to a respective article of footwear.
  • the protective device according to the invention can be used to advantage in all sports activities where the athlete's knees are subjected to important stresses, so as to provide an effective prevention of traumas to the knee ligaments, as well as to risks of violent impact of the lower limbs.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are two front perspective views of the protective device according to a first embodiment of the invention in the configurations for the right lower limb and for the left lower limb, respectively;
  • Figure 3 is a partially exploded dorsal perspective view of the protective device in the configuration of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 4 is a further exploded view at an enlarged scale of the protective device of Figure 3;
  • Figures 5 and 6 show a first variant of the protective device according to the invention, respectively for the right lower limb and for the left lower limb;
  • Figure 7 shows a second variant of the protective device according to the invention, represented for the right lower limb (the device for the left lower limb being specularly
  • the protective device according to a first embodiment of the invention, represented in Figures 1- 4, consists of a pair of supports designated as a whole by 1 and 2 in Figures 1 and 2, which can be applied, respectively, to the right lower limb and to the left lower limb of a user for practising sports activities that imply intensive dynamic stresses of the knees, with consequent risks of fatigue and deterioration of the cruciate and collateral ligaments of the knees themselves .
  • the supports 1 and 2 have an identical structure, which will now be described in detail in what follows, and differ from one another only for a partial different outer shaping, which can be appreciated by comparing Figures 1 and 2 , which are specularly symmetrical .
  • the supports 1, 2 of the device according to the invention are expressly designed to be used together simultaneously during the practice of a sports activity.
  • their general outer shape is generally smooth, with rounded surfaces such as to prevent reciprocal obstacles or interferences that can limit the normal movements and the articulations of both of the lower limbs during the practice of sports activities.
  • each support 1, 2 basically comprises a rigid arched femoral band 3, a rigid arched tibial band 4, two pairs of rigid side rods 5a, 5b and 6a, 6b that interconnect in an articulated way the femoral band 3 and tibial band 4, and a shaped shin-guard body 7 (optional) fixed on the tibial band 4.
  • the arched femoral band 3 is conveniently formed by a plate made of a plastically deformable or modellable material, typically a light alloy, possibly coated with a "plastocoat" polymer designed to enable application of silk-screen printing.
  • the tibial band 4 is also typically formed by a modellable plate, conveniently made of the same material as that of the femoral band 3.
  • the femoral band is designed to be applied against the front side of the user' s thigh above the knee, with the interposition of an internal protective pad or buffer 8 made of soft or foamed material .
  • the tibial band 4 may instead be applied against the front side of the leg below the knee, also in this case with the interposition of a protective pad 9 made of a soft or foamed material .
  • the protections 8 and 9 are conveniently fixed to the internal surfaces of the femoral band 3 and of the tibial band 4 by means of bi- adhesive strips 10 or similar systems.
  • the side rods 5a, 5b and 6a, 6b are conveniently formed by high-resistance metal plates (light or titanium alloys) and are formed at the respective internal ends with toothed sectors 11, 12 ( Figure 4) which are mutually engaged and interconnected in a rotatable way, about the axis of articulation of the user's knee, via a pair of connection rods 13 and screw-type articulation pins 14.
  • the free ends of the top rods 5a, 6a are fixed within the sides of the femoral band 3, and likewise the free ends of the bottom rods 5b, 6b are fixed within the sides of the tibial band 4. In either case, fixing is adjustable for the purpose of adapting each support 1, 2 to the specific conformation of the respective lower limb of the user.
  • the rods 5a, 6a and 5b, 6b are formed with pairs of holes 15, 16 for the engagement of screws 17, which can be selectively inserted through corresponding series of side through holes 19, 20 (in the example illustrated each including three holes) , formed in the femoral band 3 and in the tibial band 4 at different distances from the corresponding lateral edges .
  • the outermost holes 19, 20, or else the intermediate ones, or else again the innermost ones may be used. This adjustment may be carried out in an independent way for each of the two lower limbs, possibly also in a differentiated way.
  • the optional shin-guard body 7 of each support 1, 2 is constituted by a shield-shaped shell, conveniently made of a high-resistance plastic material, having a shape for example similar to the one of the so-called "pole-guards" used in skiing for slalom.
  • the shin-guard 7 is fixed on the tibial band 4 simply by means of screws, possibly also in an adjustable way, and at the top it has a portion 24 projecting upwards with a function of guard for the patella or knee-cap.
  • a soft protective pad or buffer 20 is conveniently applied to the internal surface of the guard for the knee-cap 24.
  • the reference number 21 designates protective pads applied to the articulation connection rods 13 located within the rods 5a-5b and 6a-6b
  • the reference numbers 22, 23 designate flexible bands for adjustable closing, for example via microhooks, applied to said rods 5a-5b and 6a-6b for dorsal connection of the femoral band 3 and of the tibial band 4, and hence of the entire support 1, 2, to the user's leg.
  • each support 1, 2 is a generally "apron" -shaped external appendage 25, projecting downwards for engaging on the outside the upper part of a respective article of footwear, typically a ski-boot B.
  • the appendage 25, which is typically formed by an arched plate made of plastic material, can be fastened against the leg of the boot by means of an adjustable-closing flexible band similar to the bands 22 and 23 and has the function of providing a substantially rigid connection between the lower part of the support 1, 2 (i.e., the bottom rods 5b, 6b, through the shin-guard 7) and the boot B.
  • FIG. 7 shows a third variant of one of the supports 1 of the device according to the invention, the other support 2 (not represented) being specularly symmetrical.
  • the shin-guard 7 is omitted, and the appendage 25 of the embodiment of Figures 4 and 5 is replaced, with an identical function, by a rigid rod- shaped lateral appendage 26, projecting downwards from the outer side of the tibial band 4 for enabling a substantially rigid connection between the bottom rods 5b, 6b and the footwear of the user.
  • the lateral appendage 26 will be inserted between the outer side of the inner-shoe and the body of the boot, and hence is tightened between these and clamped by closing the hooks of the bootleg.
  • each support 1, 2, respectively there may possibly be provided two, arranged on the outer side and on the inner side of each support 1, 2, respectively.
  • This variant is more aimed at non-competition users, also in view of the fact that it is less cumbersome (and also less evident) as compared to the versions equipped with shin-guard 7, and it can thus also be worn and hidden underneath a sports suit or sports trousers.
  • the device according to the intention may be usefully and advantageously used in the practice of all those sports activities that can produce torsional or tensile overloads and consequent traumas to the knee ligaments, at the same time guaranteeing an effective protection of the femoral and tibial areas in the case of impact.
  • the device is adaptable and adjustable to lower limbs of different configurations, and may also be used for practising sports activities in the course of which the two lower limbs are close to one another, as in the case of skiing.
  • the details of construction and the embodiments may vary widely with respect to what is described and illustrated herein, without thereby departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the ensuing claims .

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Cette invention concerne un dispositif de protection des membres inférieurs pendant la pratique d'un sport, comprenant une paire de pièces de maintien (1, 2) constituées chacune d'une bande fémorale rigide (3) et d'une bande tibiale rigide (4) pouvant être moulées plastiquement et qui sont interconnectées par deux paires de tiges latérales rigides (5a, 5b ; 6a, 6b) de telle manière qu'elle peuvent pivoter l'une par rapport à l'autre. Les tiges latérales sont raccordées de manière réglable aux bandes fémorales et tibiales (3, 4), la bande tibiale (4) pouvant en outre recevoir un protège-tibia (7).
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