US 12,403,381 B2
Hockey goaltender leg pads
François-Olivier Dagneau, Dorval (CA); and Francis Ouellet, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to SPORT MASKA INC.
Filed by SPORT MASKA INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,453.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,352, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280861 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 71/12 (2006.01); A63B 102/24 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 71/1225 (2013.01) [A63B 2071/125 (2013.01); A63B 2071/1258 (2013.01); A63B 2071/1283 (2013.01); A63B 2102/24 (2015.10)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hockey goalkeeper leg pad having a top end configured to be located proximate a knee of a wearer when worn by the wearer and a bottom end configured to be located proximate a foot of the wearer when worn by the wearer, the hockey goalkeeper leg pad comprising:
an outer shell consisting of a facing section configured for facing away from the wearer, a rear section configured for facing the wearer, a lateral section, and a medial section, the medial section located inwardly of the lateral section when worn by the wearer, the facing, rear, lateral, and medial sections interconnected to form a pocket defined within the outer shell;
a core padding received within the pocket of the outer shell, the core padding extending from a lateral face of the core padding to a medial face of the core padding opposite to the lateral face;
wherein the medial section is a medial pad separate from the core padding, the medial pad disposed adjacent and overlapping the medial face of the core padding, the medial pad having:
a longitudinal pad extending longitudinally between the top end and the bottom end in a vertical direction, and
a knee pad configured to overlap a medial side of the knee of the wearer, the knee pad monolithically protruding rearwardly from the longitudinal pad in a transverse direction that is transverse to the vertical direction, a width of the medial pad, in the transverse direction, extending uninterrupted from a front edge of the longitudinal pad to a rear edge of the knee pad,
wherein the medial pad is free of a hinge connection at an intersection between the knee pad and the longitudinal pad, a thickness of the medial pad at the intersection between the knee pad and the longitudinal pad is substantially equal to the thickness of the medial pad at opposite sides of the intersection, a first side of the opposite sides being on the longitudinal pad, a second side of the opposite sides being on the knee pad.