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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Mathieu Contant, Verdun, CA;
Jean-françois Laperriére, St-Sauveur, CA;
Mathieu Contant, Verdun, CA;
Jean-François Laperriére, St-Sauveur, CA;
Bauer Hockey, Inc., St-Jérôme, Québec, CA;
Abstract
Hockey pants for protecting a wearer having a lower spine region, lower ribs, a waist region, left and right hip regions, a crotch region, and left and right thighs, the pants comprising an inner protective unit comprising first, second and third left separate protective pads and first, second and third right separate protective pads for covering the respective left and right hip regions, the first, second and third left pads being connected together by a first elastic band and the first, second and third right pads being connected together by a second elastic band, each of the first and second elastic bands allowing movement of the third and second pads relative to the respective second and first pads between an extended position, wherein there is first overlappings between the respective third and second pads and second and first pads, and a retracted position, wherein there is second overlappings between the respective third and second pads and second and first pads, the second overlappings being larger than the first overlappings.