Joint protector
CA 1163052 A · Owner: Kendall Company (The) · Inventors: Hayes, J. Brian
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A contact sport joint protector for protecting the knee or elbow limb joint comprising a unitary, relatively thick foam-filled, semi-rigid, resilient, molded plastic pad of generally rectangular compound-curved configuration to conform with the shape of said limb joint. The concave inner surface and the opposed side edges of the pad have opposed hinge grooves extending inwardly from each of the opposed side edges to define a hinge portion adapted to overlie the limb joint to enable bending of the normally straight pad upon bending of the limb joint and return of the pad to its normally straight configuration upon straightening of the limb joint. A backing layer of soft foam plastic …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted March 6, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 6, 2001.
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