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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Easton Diamond Sports, Llc, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
Protective equipment for protecting a portion of a user's body (such as an articulating leg guard for protecting part of a user's leg) may include a knee guard assembly for covering at least a portion of a user's anterior knee region, a thigh guard assembly for covering at least a portion of a user's anterior thigh region, and at least two connection elements positioned to connect the knee guard assembly to the thigh guard assembly. The connection elements may be rotatably attached to the knee guard assembly at a first rotation axis and rotatably attached to the thigh guard assembly at a second rotation axis that is spaced apart from the first rotation axis. The leg guard may further include a floating knee guard assembly for covering at least a portion of a user's leg when a gap forms between the knee guard assembly and the thigh guard assembly.