EP4406441A1 - Genouillères à réglage par sangle - Google Patents

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EP4406441A1
EP4406441A1 EP24154034.3A EP24154034A EP4406441A1 EP 4406441 A1 EP4406441 A1 EP 4406441A1 EP 24154034 A EP24154034 A EP 24154034A EP 4406441 A1 EP4406441 A1 EP 4406441A1
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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
    • A41D13/06—Knee or foot
    • A41D13/065—Knee protectors
    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/20—Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets

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  • the present invention relates to articles worn, in general, and, in particular, to knee accessories.
  • Knee accessories such as knee braces and knee pads
  • knee braces applied to reduce stress after injury, accessories for the knee come in many forms, with straps that protect and typically include mechanism to reduce movement.
  • knee pads accessories for the knee protect the knee when there is a risk of injury. Such accessories are typically pulled up over the leg or are strapped around the leg.
  • Knee pads in particular are used in multiple settings, such as in sports and construction.
  • people who wear knee protection may include, for example, volleyball players whose knees may frequently hit the ground. Without knee pads, a player might sustain a serious injury from the constant impact of falls.
  • Knee protectors are therefore worn to protect against injuries caused be wear. Knee protectors may be constructed from many types of material, including hard plastics and ceramics. In some cases, knee protectors may be built into pants, or may be external, such that they are not affixed to a person's knee.
  • the present invention provides a knee accessory with functionality of a pocket, designed for convenient use by the user (i.e., the "wearer"), and including means for attachment and adjustment.
  • a knee accessory is therefore provided, including a pocket and a strap for attachment of the knee accessory to the knee.
  • the knee accessory may be a pull-up accessory, wherein the strap is a single elastic band with no fastener.
  • the pocket may be positioned at the front or side of the knee.
  • a knee accessory for a knee including: a buckle strap having a buckle, a long strap, and a pad configured with a concave form to fit over the knee.
  • the pad is affixed, towards the outer side of the knee, to the buckle strap, and affixed, towards the inner side of the knee, to the long strap.
  • the long strap may be secured to the buckle of the buckle strap at two or more adjustable positions.
  • the pad further includes a knee pocket affixed to the outer side of the pad, away from the knee. The length of the buckle strap extends between the pad at the outer side of the knee and the buckle of the buckle strap so as to position the buckle at the outer side of the knee, such that the long strap is secured to the buckle at the outer side of the knee.
  • the pad includes two joined layers of material, having a filler between the two layers, and at least one additional layer of material affixed to the outer layer of the pad to form the knee pocket.
  • the knee pocket opening is angled so as to open towards the outer side of the knee.
  • the knee accessories may include knee orientation indications, indicating an orientation of the accessory for the right or left knee.
  • the long strap may have multiple buckle holes, and the buckle may be a prong buckle.
  • the long strap may have Velcro-type, hook and loop surfaces to secure the knee accessory when looped through the buckle.
  • the knee pocket and the straps may be made of one or more materials, such as cotton or polyester fabrics, or leather.
  • the knee pocket may have a fastener, such as a button, snap, Velcro, or zipper-fastener.
  • a fastener such as a button, snap, Velcro, or zipper-fastener.
  • a pair of wearable knee accessories of any of claims 1 to 8 one wearable knee accessory being configured for a right knee, having the buckle strap on the wearer's right side, and the second wearable knee accessory being configured for a left knee, having the buckle strap on the wearer's left side.
  • the right wearable knee accessory is the mirror image of the left wearable knee accessory.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a pair 100 of knee accessories.
  • One knee accessory, a right knee accessory 110 (for a right knee) is shown in the upper portion of the figure, and a complementary knee accessory, a left knee accessory 120 (for a left knee), is shown in the lower portion of the figure.
  • Both knee accessories include a knee pocket that is part of a knee pad, the right knee accessory 110 including a right knee pad 112, and the left knee accessory 120 including a left knee pad 122.
  • a long strap 130 Connected to both the right knee pad and to the left knee pad, typically on the inner side of the respective knee (i.e., the side facing towards the second leg), is a long strap 130, which may have a series of buckle holes 134.
  • a shorter buckle strap 140 Connected to the other side of each knee pad, that is, typically on the outer side of the knee, is a shorter buckle strap 140.
  • the buckle strap 140 includes a buckle 142, as well as a short strap extension 144 between the knee pad and the buckle.
  • the length of the strap extension is typically configured such that the buckle is at the outer of the knee (i.e., the left side of the left leg and the right side of the right leg).
  • the outer side positioning of the buckle facilitates easy buckling and unbuckling of the knee pad.
  • the "long strap” is referred to as "long” so as to differentiate the term from the buckle strap and from the short strap extension.
  • the long strap wraps behind the knee from the inner side of the knee to the outer
  • the buckle may be any type of buckle known in the art for securing the long strap at adjustable positions, such as a single prong buckle, or alternatively a double prong buckle, as shown.
  • the buckle may be a loop buckle for connecting a long strap 130 that is a Velcro-type, hook-and-loop strap.
  • the buckle may also be a clip buckle, the long strap 130 having a complementary clip, as well as an adjustable loop.
  • the knee pads (i.e., right knee pad 112 and left knee pad 122 ) are designed with several layers in order to form, on the inner side, a pad surface that is in contact with the knee, and, on the outer side, a knee pocket, or, in some examples, multiple knee pockets.
  • the knee pads shown in Fig. 1 have multiple pockets, a first pocket 162 formed by a pad top layer 160 under a first pocket layer 164, and a larger, second pocket 166 formed by the pad top layer 160 under a second pocket layer 168.
  • the larger knee pocket, knee pocket 166 which has an opening extending across the extent of the knee pad (that is, across both the respective right knee pad 112 and the left knee pad 122 ), opens in an angled direction, so as to open towards the outer side of the knee. That is, the knee pocket 166 on the right knee pad 112 opens to the right side, while, the knee pocket 166 on the left knee pad 122 opens to the left side.
  • the angled design of the knee pockets permits a wearer to more easily access the pocket with the hand on the same side, that is, the left hand can more easily access the knee pocket of the left knee pad, and the right hand can more easily access the knee pocket of the right knee pad.
  • the knee pads are each designed with a circular or elliptical shape, and with a concave form (i.e., a concave form conforming to the shape of a human knee), so as to better fit the knee.
  • a seam 170 typically stitching or other means of affixing layers known in the art, typically circumscribes the knee pad, not only to connect the multiple layers but to force the knee pad to have a concave form.
  • Pocket layers may be made of any flexible materials that are sufficiently rigid to maintain the concave form, such as natural or synthetic fabrics or leathers. Layers are typically affixed to each other by stitching and/or grommets.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the same pair 100 of knee accessories as shown in Fig. 1 , showing the back sides of the knee accessories, that is, the side in contact with the knees.
  • the knee accessory shown in the upper portion of the figure is the right knee accessory 110, and the complementary knee accessory, the left knee accessory 120, is shown in the lower portion of the figure. That is, the figure shows the knee pads from the direction of the knee, showing that each knee pad has a pad layer 202 that is in contact with the knee.
  • each knee pad is concave, that is, each knee pad center protrudes away from the knee, to conform to the human knee's contour.
  • the long strap 130 connected typically on the inner side of the respective knee (i.e., the side facing towards the second leg), is the long strap 130, which may have a series of buckle holes 134.
  • the shorter buckle strap 140 Connected to the other side of each knee pad, that is, typically on the outer side of the knee, is the shorter buckle strap 140.
  • the buckle strap 140 includes the buckle 142, as well as the short strap extension 144 between the knee pad and the buckle. The outer side positioning of the buckle facilitates easy buckling and unbuckling of the knee pad, while also avoiding a problem of the buckle scraping against the opposing leg.
  • the knee pads i.e., right knee pad 112 and left knee pad 122
  • the inner pad layer 202 Shown on the inner side of each knee pad is the inner pad layer 202.
  • This inner layer may be the same as the pad top layer 160 described above, as viewed from the front sides of the knee pad accessories in Fig. 1 .
  • the inner pad layer 202 and the top pad layer 160 may be separate layers, thereby providing additional cushioning and/or rigidity to the knee pad.
  • an additional layer of pad filler may also be included between the two layers to provide further cushioning and/or rigidity to the knee pad.
  • the right and left knee pads may also have markings to indicate the preferred knee for attaching the knee accessories, i.e., the preferred orientation for attaching the knee accessories to the knees, in order to further improve convenience for the wearer.
  • a right knee pad indicator 214 may be indicated as a letter "R”
  • a left knee pad indicator 224 may be indicated as a letter "L,” as shown on the back sides of the respective pads.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the pair 100 of knee accessories 110 and 120, respectively, each having knee pads with zipper pockets 302 employing zippers 304. That is, the right knee pad 112 and the left knee pad 122 each have a pocket with a fastener to close the pocket opening. zipper pocket 302, which each open with a zipper 304, rather than regular pockets as shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the right knee accessory 110 and the left knee accessory 120 are identical to the right and left knee accessories described above.
  • each knee accessory has a respective knee pad, to which is connected, typically on the inner side of the respective knee (i.e., the side facing towards the second leg), the long strap 130. Connected to the other side of each knee pad, that is, typically on the outer side of the knee, is the shorter buckle strap 140.
  • the buckle strap 140 includes the buckle 142, as well as the short strap extension 144 between the knee pad and the buckle.
  • the knee pads i.e., right knee pad 112 and left knee pad 122
  • the knee pads are designed with several layers to create pockets. Layers may also be provided for cushioning and rigidity.
  • the back sides of the knee accessories shown in Fig. 3 are identical to the back sides shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the zipper is one type of fastener for closing the knee pocket and that other types of pocket fasteners known in the art may be applied, including buttons, Velcro tapes, snap press studs, and clasps.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the pair 100 of knee accessories, respectively right knee accessory 110 and left knee accessory 120, as worn on a wearer's knees 402 (i.e., "user's" knees), according to some embodiments of the present invention. Shown in Fig. 4 is the design of the knee pads that is also shown in Fig. 1 , in which the pockets are open, without zippers. Note the typical configuration of the knee accessories, with the buckle 142 of the buckle strap 140 positioned to the outside of the knee when the knee accessory is attached to the knee.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the pair 100 of knee accessories, respectively right knee accessory 110 and left knee accessory 120, as worn on a wearer's knees 402 (i.e., the user's knees), according to the design of Fig. 3 , in which the pockets have zippers.
  • Figs. 6A-6C are images of three types of knee accessories, having different materials and pocket types, according to some embodiments of the present invention. Each image shows the concave form of the knee pads, as well as the straps and pockets.
  • Fig. 6A shows a knee accessory having the multiple pockets described above with respect to Fig. 1 , with denim used to manufacture the pads, pockets, and straps.
  • Fig. 6B shows the same double pocket pattern in an elongated (elliptical) form, made from leather.
  • Fig. 6C shows a zipper-pocketed knee accessory having an outer layer made of silk. Any material or combination of materials having the flexibility to open as a pocket, so as to store personal items (such as cards, keys, coins, etc.) can be used to manufacture the pocketed knee accessory of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 shows a knee accessory 700 made with a single strap, such that the knee accessory is attached in a pull-up manner (i.e., pulling the knee accessory up over the foot). That is, the knee accessory 700 has no fastener to connect between a pair of straps as in the knee accessory 100 described above.
  • the knee accessory 700 has a pocket 702, which may be in the front of the knee accessory or anywhere else around the extent of the strap, though typically not directly behind the knee.

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