US 12,185,773 B2
Configurable shin guard
Jean-François Beland, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to SPORT MASKA INC., St-Laurent (CA)
Filed by SPORT MASKA INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,573.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,335, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079906 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/12 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/0543 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0024 (2013.01); A63B 2071/1258 (2013.01); A63B 2209/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shin guard for a hockey player, comprising:
a knee portion having a knee cap adapted to cover a knee of the hockey player; and
a shin portion located below the knee portion and extending from a lower end of the shin portion adapted to be proximate a foot of the hockey player toward the knee cap to cover a shin of the hockey player, the shin portion having:
a shin cap having an outer side configured for facing away from the shin and an inner side configured for facing toward the shin,
a main padded liner overlapping at least a portion of the inner side of the shin cap, the main padder liner extending from a top liner end to a bottom liner end, and
a shin comfort liner mounted internally of the main padded liner and movable relative to the shin cap between a first position and a second position, the shin comfort liner moving away from the knee cap from the first position to the second position,
wherein in the first position:
the shin comfort liner is located entirely between the top liner end and the bottom liner end; and
a bottom end of the shin comfort liner is offset upwardly from the bottom liner end.