This invention relates to a multi-function hip protector device (hip protector) designed to slip-on and slip-over existing clothing, to be resistant to incontinence accidents, to reduce the number of hip injuries and dislocations, provide a gait belt member allowing a 3.sup.rd person or nurse to assist the wearer in providing gait-sturdy support to those individuals or hospital patients with needed balance correction, provide cushioning of the sacral area and offers protection to the greater trochanters in the event of a fall, add cushion to the pelvis and hips, function as a protectant for bed-ridden people who are unable to adjust their body weight due to a physical debilitation by adding cushion to reduce the shear friction which is a causative agent to bed sores for the elderly with skin integrity issues.

An article of apparel may include a base layer and a cover layer. The cover layer may be stitchlessly-secured to an exterior surface of the base layer and positioned to extend along a side area and from a pelvic region to a leg region of the base layer. A width of the cover layer may be greater in the pelvic region than the first leg region. In some configurations, a frictional resistance of the exterior surface of the base layer may be greater than a frictional resistance of a surface of the cover layer.

The present invention provides a garment (1) for covering a wearer's thighs. The garment comprises a pair of front resistance elements (6) each of which, in use, extends obliquely across the front of a respective one of the wearer's thighs. It also comprises a pair of rear resistance elements (10) each of which, in use, extends obliquely across the rear of a respective one of the wearer's thighs. Each of the front and rear resistance elements extends from a respective upper position (7, 11) located proximal to the midline (8) of the garment to a respective lower position (9, 12) located distal from the midline of the garment. This provides a stabilizing effect on the wearer's hip joint.

A wearable airbag device includes an airbag that is inflatable with an inflation gas, and an outer cover that covers an outer circumference of the airbag and is configured to hold the airbag as inflated. The airbag includes: two protecting portions each of which is configured to cover an outer side of the trochanter of femur of the wearer at airbag deployment; and a communicating path that is configured to provide gas communication between the two protecting portions at vicinities of upper end regions of the protecting portions. The outer cover includes, in the upper edge, a wrap portion that is adapted to be wrapped around the pelvis of the wearer. The outer cover further includes a means for suppressing each of the protecting portions from floating away from the body of the wearer at airbag deployment.

A wearable airbag device for protecting the hip of a wearer includes an airbag that is formed of a sheet material having flexibility and is adapted to be put on a circumference of the pelvis of the wearer. The airbag is inflatable with an inflation gas. The airbag includes: a mounting portion that is adapted to be disposed at a region to be wrapped around the pelvis at airbag deployment; two protecting portions each of which is configured to extend downward from the mounting portion and cover an outer side of a targeted body part of the wearer at airbag deployment, the targeted body part being left and right trochanters of femurs; and a means for suppressing each of the protecting portions from expanding and floating away from the targeted body part at the lower end at deployment of the protecting portion.

A wearable airbag device for protecting the hip of a wearer from the surface they hit at fall includes an airbag that is adapted to be worn around the pelvis and inflatable with an inflation gas. The airbag includes two covering portions that are configured to cover outer sides of left and right trochanters of femurs of the wearer respectively at airbag deployment, and a means for suppressing an elevation of an internal pressure of the airbag at contact between the airbag and the surface at fall of the wearer.

A pair of tights specially designed for the wearer to self-adjust the waist for fit, adjust compression, adjust for waist training, adjust lower abdominal support, and adjust lower lumbar back support. The localized compression effect is configured and adjusted by a textile piece attached at the left side area of the back waistband that can cross the front of the abdomen to the left and a textile piece attached at the right-side area of the back waistband that can cross the front of the abdomen to the right. The two textile pieces that cross the body are anchored from the opposite side areas of the waistband creating a compression and opposite horizontal pull across the back and can be adjusted to attach across the front of the body. The configuration of the waistband and adjustable textile pieces allows a wearer to self-adjust the fit.

A hip thrust exercise guard comprising a pad, a bar insert in the pad to hold the bar of a barbell, and an adjustable band. The bar insert grips the bar of a barbell to prevent slippage during the hip thrust exercise, while still allowing slight side to side adjustments, in order to center the bar in the safest and most comfortable position. The attached adjustable band secures the pad around the hip in the optimal position for comfort, protection, and stability. The pad's soft foam construction and sculpted design contours to the hip area of the user.

A protector for protecting a targeted body part of the wearer is disclosed. The protector includes a mounting belt that is adapted to put on the body of the wearer, and at least one protective body that is adapted to cover the targeted body part when the protector is worn, the protective body extending from the mounting belt. The protective body includes a protective pad that substantially has a board shape, an airbag that is overlaid on an outer surface of the protective pad in a stacking manner and configured to be inflated with an inflation gas, and an outer cover that covers outer circumferences of the protective pad and the airbag as stacked one on another. At least a part of an outer circumferential edge of the airbag is joined to the protective pad so that the airbag will not float away from the protective pad when inflated.

The invention discloses a safety airbag comprising an upper airbag and a lower airbag. The upper airbag includes a back airbag and a head airbag laterally extending from a top of the back airbag. The lower airbag includes a waist airbag and a hip airbag extending downward from the waist airbag. The waist airbag can be folded, the hip airbag can be wound towards the waist airbag, and the waist airbag is superposed on the hip airbag. A fixing band is provided at each side of the hip airbag. After the low airbag is unfolded, the waist airbag is fitted to the waist, and the hip airbag protects the rear side and two sides of the hips and legs. The upper air inlet is in fluid communication with the lower air inlet, and the upper and lower airbags can be opened simultaneously to provide comprehensive protection for human body.