The anti-G trousers are partially double-walled and partially single-walled and made from an air-permeable, tear-resistant, refractory and stretch-resistant synthetic textile material of max. 130 gram/m.sup.2. In the double-walled areas, airtight pockets (13, 18, 34, 35) are thereby formed which act as pneumatic muscles and contract when being inflated from an automatic pressure supply and thereby draw the adjacent single-layer textile pieces towards one another. In this way, pressure is applied all over the surface of the pilot's body. The pockets (34) on the outer sides of the trouser legs extend upwards against the lower abdomen into a respective pouch-type bubble (13) and are connected to the pockets (35) for the inner sides of the trouser legs via an inguinal channel (18). The pockets (34) communicate on the rear side of the trousers via a connection channel. From here, in the lower back region, a coccyx channel extends downwards between the buttocks of the wearer. The front sides and rear sides of the trouser legs remain textile strips (14). They are breathable and allow for the discharge of body heat.

A protective padding section includes an upper layer, an opposing lower layer and a repeating array of cushioning regions disposed between, and continuously bonded to, the upper layer and the lower layer. Each cushioning region has a same first cushion thickness. A repeating array of apertures is disposed between the cushioning regions and each aperture extends through the padding section. The padding section has a first thickness and a first width and upon application of a force, the padding section expands in width from the first width to a second width greater than the first width and when the application of force is removed, the width of the padding section contracts to the first width.

A leg pad (e.g., a hockey leg pad) for protecting a leg of a user, in which the leg pad is designed to enhance protection and freedom of movement (e.g., during skating strides), such as by providing flexibility of the leg pad proximate to a knee and optionally an ankle of the user (e.g., for extension and optional retraction of one or more parts of the leg pad) to better follow natural movements of the user's leg (e.g., bending of the knee and optional flexion of the ankle of the user).

Aspects herein are directed to a fluid-filled pad for a protective garment. The fluid-filled pad includes two or more elongate voids that extend entirely through the fluid-filled pad. The elongate voids are positioned inward from an exterior edge of a first surface of the fluid-filled pad, and one elongate void extends from another elongate at an angle that is less than 180 degrees. Other aspects are directed to a protective garment system in which the fluid-filled pad is positioned between a first textile layer and a second textile layer of a garment.

A thighs protector is described. The thighs protector comprises an elongated adhesive skin dressing having a first side including an adhesive pattern and a second side including hydrophobic, friction free material. The elongated adhesive skin dressing is configured to cover at least a section of an inner thigh of a human. The elongated adhesive skin dressing has an outer edge which follows an outer extent of a sartorius muscle of the inner thigh and tapers from a first width near a top of the inner thigh to a second width at an inside of a knee. The first width is larger than the second width.

A shin guard includes a protective shell having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, a cushioning element abutting the inner surface, and a polymeric texture provided on the outer surface to inhibit the motion of an overlaid textile relative to the protective shell.

A body impact protection system includes an inner layer and an impact force dampening and defusing structure. The inner layer includes a material composition and is adjacent to a body part when the body impact protection system is worn. The impact force dampening and defusing structure is juxtaposed to the inner layer and includes a plurality of components. The components function to reduce pressure on the body part from an impact force on a layer by layer basis. Each layer of the system dampens and defuses the impact force such that, by the time it reaches the body part, it has been substantially attenuated and spread over a large area.

The present invention is an improved leg sleeve that is designed by utilizing wicking fabric for cooling and protecting a user's legs from UV rays. In particular, the invention allows a user to participate in physical activities such as sports and keep moisture and direct sun rays away from the skin, thus keeping extremities cool. The proposed embodiment provides a unique experience for those individuals who wish to protect their bodies from dangerous heat while remaining active.

A shin guard includes a protective plate having a front face and a rear face. The rear face is contoured to fit around a shin of a wearer of the shin guard. Further, the shin guard includes a three dimensional image element carried on the front face. This image element projects an image outline through a sock worn over the shin guard. A sports pad is provided including an outer shell defining a pocket and a pad received and held in the pocket. A three dimensional image element is captured between said outer shell and the front face of the pad. That image element projects an image outline through the outer shell to enhance the uniform of the player wearing the sports pad.

A protective guard for reducing injury to a shin of a person includes a conformable substrate and a plurality of core members disposed adjacent to a surface of the conformable substrate. The plurality of core members are arranged such that a first of the core members is rotationally movable about at least one axis relative to a second of the core members. A flexible fabric membrane comprised of natural or synthetic fibers is positioned adjacent to at least one of the conformable substrate and the plurality of core members.