An athletic garment generally includes a short member, a supporter, and a plurality of straps. The short member may include a front panel, rear panel, two side panels, and a waistband. The supporter is dimensioned to releasably receive an athletic protective cup. The straps are coupled to one end of the supporter and are attached to the opposing rear panel of the short member.

An article of footwear includes a footwear portion including a core including a plurality of plates. A first one of the plurality of plates is hingedly attached, at one or more edges of the first plate, to one or more substantially adjacent other plates in the plurality of plates. Each hinge hingedly attaching an edge of the first plate to another plate joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to a corresponding one of the one or more substantially adjacent other plates and is integrally connected to the first plate.

A belt apparatus is configured to support the trousers worn by a person and to include a number of airbags that are deployable in a falling event to protect the person from bone breakages. The belt apparatus includes a flexible belt element and a fastener that appear and function in much the same way as an ordinary trouser belt, i.e., fitting through belt loops in trousers and being fastenable to itself to support the pair of trousers at the waist of the user. Despite the ordinary appearance of the belt apparatus, it includes one or more airbags internal thereto whose expansion is controlled by a control apparatus. Responsive to a falling event in a particular direction with respect to the user, the control apparatus triggers the rapid expansion of an airbag that is situated on the belt element in the particular direction with respect to the user.

The present invention provides protective athletic pants that are constructed from a protective material and a flexible material, in optimal ratios. This invention provides durable pants that provide adequate protection without unduly restricting the movement of the wearer.

Disclosed herein is a device integrated in a piece of garment for the purpose of providing core abdominal and pelvic, or lower leg and foot support to a user comprising: an elastic band that wraps around a waist, a lower leg, or a foot of the user and provides upward and inward physical support to an abdominal and pelvic region, or lower leg and foot region of the user upon wearing; an interface that attaches the elastic band to the piece of garment; at least one mechanically adjustable connection, wherein the mechanical adjustable connection adjusts a length of the elastic band upon wearing; and an integration of the elastic band to the piece of garment, wherein the integration prevents at least a portion of the elastic band from directly contacting a body of the user upon wearing.

A belt apparatus is configured to support the trousers worn by a person and to include a number of airbags that are deployable in a falling event to protect the person from bone breakages. The belt apparatus includes a flexible belt element and a fastener that appear and function in much the same way as an ordinary trouser belt, i.e., fitting through belt loops in trousers and being fastenable to itself to support the pair of trousers at the waist of the user. Despite the ordinary appearance of the belt apparatus, it includes one or more airbags internal thereto whose expansion is controlled by a control apparatus. Responsive to a falling event in a particular direction with respect to the user, the control apparatus triggers the rapid expansion of an airbag that is situated on the belt element in the particular direction with respect to the user.

A protective pad for protection from impact and a protective garment using the protective pad may be provided. In one implementation, the protective pad may include a foam part and a plate part. The foam part may include a plurality of channels, a plurality of cutout portions, and a plate accommodating section for receiving the plate part. The channels may be formed in a first surface of the foam part and the plate accommodating section may be formed in a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cutout portions of the foam part may include through-holes formed in the foam part from the first surface to the second surface. The plate part may be arranged on the plate accommodating section of the foam part, and the plate part may include a plurality of cutout portions that are substantially aligned with the cutout portions of the foam part.

The present disclosure relates to an airbag structure, and the airbag structure according to the present disclosure includes a body (100) into which a fluid is injected, wherein a plurality of predetermined points (A) spaced apart from each other is arranged on a side along a lengthwise direction, and a protrusion (200) into which the fluid is injected from the body (100), the protrusion (200) extending from the two adjacent predetermined points (A) in a direction facing away from the body (100), wherein the protrusion (200) has a smaller width of a farthest end from the body (100) than a width of an opposite end connected to the body (100).

The subject disclosure is directed to a new and useful apparatus for protecting a user. The apparatus has an elongated belt dimensioned and configured to be worn about the waist of a user. The apparatus has at least one inflatable/deflatable airbag supported on the belt. The apparatus has an inflate/deflate pump supported on the belt which communicates with the at least one inflatable/deflatable airbag for inflating the at least one inflatable/deflatable airbag upon receiving an activation signal.

An outsole with a conformable substrate with a depression and a core inset in the depression. The core includes a plurality of plates, a first one of the plates is hingedly attached, at one or more edges of the first plate, to one or more substantially adjacent other plates in the plurality of plates, where each hinge hingedly attaching an edge of the first plate to another plate joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to a corresponding one of the one or more substantially adjacent other plates and is integrally connected to the first plate and the other plate. The hinges attaching edges of the first plate to other plates disperse impact forces from the first plate to a corresponding one of the other plates, and a subset of the plurality of plates in the core form a row of three or more interconnected plates.