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Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc.

Medical Technology Inc.

US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army

S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Rubbermaid, Inc.

Michael A Lorenz, Jr

James D Orr

Michael J Painter

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Ronald Carl Johansson

Jeffrey R Burger

Mark E Mnich

Amelia A Williams

Todd P Beach

Sean Toulon

Sherry Lynn Jones

Robert Michael Nunez

Sean W Svendsen

Paul P Kolada

D Scott Miller

Craig Kevin Barez

Allan Capili Saliba

Chad Alan Haas

John C Tepper

Chad Michael Leeder

Robin J Brown

Amy B Weiner

Craig Allen Brewer

Keith E Brightbill

Cathal L Fahy

Ralph M Nowak

Kevin J Vititoe

Corey M Grove

Gary R Bledsoe

Douglas E Wilke

David M Dobersztyn

Oren Shai

Daniel J Barker

Dana J Koppes

Stephanie M Tew

Kelly J Nolan

Chad Cook

Lawrence J Lemak

Kevin J Vititoc

A respirator cover or second-skin includes a support structure to cover a gas mask or respirator and is provided with cut-outs in the support structure to receive components of the respirator, the second-skin including an interior flexible gasket concentric and spaced from the outer perimeter of the second-skin which seals the cover to the outer surface of the respirator. The second skin serves to provide increased chemical protection to the user of a respirator, as an aid for garment interface, or to anchor a protective hood to the respirator.

Second-skin respirator cover

An embodiment of a leg protector of the present disclosure includes an upper thigh pad that is structurally attached to an upper bracing shell including lateral and medial uprights. The upper shell and thigh pad can be held to the player via a strap and/or garment. The uprights extend to uni- or polycentric hinges arranged on, and in one embodiment biased against, either side of the player's knee. A connecting member extends in a frontward direction from each hinge and attaches to a patella pad held in place over the player's knee. The patella pad may additionally be connected to the thigh pad via one or more connecting strip. Each hinge is also connected to a lower bracing shell, which includes lateral and medial uprights that extend down and around the player's lower leg, anteriorly or posteriorly. The lower shell can also be fitted via a strap or garment.

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Gahanna, OH, United States of America

Michael A Lorenz, Jr