US 12,478,856 B2
Personal protection guard
Matthew Polstein, Orlando, FL (US); Michael Polstein, Orlando, FL (US); and Jason Polstein, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to Clearview Systems, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/279,630
Filed by Clearview Systems, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/018612
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/187425, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/156,327, filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0083025 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A41D 13/015 (2006.01); A63B 71/12 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/12 (2013.01) [A41D 13/015 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal protection guard, comprising:
a rigid shell configured for defining a recess for receiving a protectable portion of a player;
a resilient force-absorbing pad coupled to the rigid shell and positioned within the recess of the rigid shell;
a fastening layer oppositely disposed from the rigid shell; and
a mounting strip having a first side with an adhesive layer for adhering to the protectable portion of a player and a second side oppositely disposed from the first side having an engaging member releasably couplable to the fastening layer,
characterized in that the mounting strip is sized and shaped so that, when coupled to the fastening layer, a perimeter of the mounting strip lies in register with a perimeter of the rigid shell for detachably receiving the rigid shell by engagement of the engaging member to the fastening layer,
whereby the personal protection guard is detachably attachable to the protectable portion of the player for resisting force impacts during sports play and dislodgement during use.