A calf muscle enhancement pad; the calf muscle enhancement pad includes a pad with a body having a concave first-side and a second-side opposing the first-side. The first-side includes an adhesive layer for removably securing the pad to a calf portion of a leg of a user-wearer. The adhesive layer may include a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The pad further includes a removable cover for concealing the adhesive layer before use. The second-side includes a calf-muscle-like extension having a profile of a sculpted calf muscle for enhancing a natural appearance of the calf portion and overall leg of the user-wearer during wear.

A brace may include a knit portion with an ankle strap, a rigid shank on a bottom portion of the brace configured to cover at least an arch portion of the foot, a pad positioned below a heel of the foot, a webbing support system extending from the lateral extensor digitorum longus tendon around the peroneus longus retinaculum tendon, under the bottom of the foot to support the plantar tendon and up the arch and medial side of the foot to the extensor hallucis longus tendon, a lacing system threaded through a portion of the webbing support system at the top medial portion of the foot, and a tightening system that applies a pulling force on the lacing system to cinch the webbing support system.

A protection device for the ischial, perineal and urogenital area of a user, comprising: a folding main body, which is shaped substantially like a parallelogram and the internal surface of which is stably associated with multiple paddings which are separated by a plurality of dividing segments, two elastically extendable straps, which are stably associated at a first end thereof with the main body, at least one element for temporary interconnection, which is associated detachably with a second end of one of the straps.

A garment for a cyclist includes an elasticized or elastic edge for adhering to a body of the cyclist so as to ensure that an entire structure of the garment does not move during pedaling, a pair of strips made of a fabric or a suitable material designed to rest against buttocks of the cyclist and engaged at one end with a rear part of the elasticized or elastic edge, a front portion connected to the pair of strips at a first end and connected to a front part of the elasticized or elastic edge at a second end and set up to be positioned on a genital zone of the cyclist with a series of zones with different processing textures. The garment further includes a protective pad shaped and located between the front portion and the pair of strips and including padding having different thicknesses.

A backpack that includes an airbag and a release module that comprises a control unit and a gas cartridge. The backpack is configured such that the airbag, in a standby state, is deflated and stowed in a storage space of the backpack. The backpack is also configured such that the airbag is automatically inflated, in response to the control unit detecting a fall of a user of the backpack, by releasing gas from the gas cartridge into the airbag. The backpack is further configured such that the airbag, in an inflated state, protects a cervical spine and/or a chest region and/or shoulder region of the user.

A protective apparel system includes an article of apparel having a first part of a magnetic fastening system and at least one protective element having a second part of the magnetic fastening system. The first part of the magnetic fastening system being joinable to the second part to attach the at least one protective element to the article of apparel.

Protective shoulder pads, such as the type worn for playing ice hockey, including a central panel configured to cover a portion of a chest of the wearer and defining a centerline extending centrally therethrough, and two side panels partially overlapping the central panel and each disposed on opposite sides of a centerline of the central panel. Each of the side panels is rotatable relative to he central panel about a rotation axis located proximate an upper end of each of the side panels, so as to adjust a width of the protective shoulder pad which is defined between opposed outer lateral edges of the side panels. The side panels are securable to the central panel at a plurality of attachment points to maintain a selected width of the adjustable shoulder pad.

A shoulder pad assembly has main body cushions consisting of a plurality of different types of foam material joined together to result in a hybrid pad structure constructed from slow-response foam and open-cell foam. A main body cushion is constructed from a first sheet or panel of slow-response foam disposed over the torso of the wearer, a second sheet or panel of slow-response foam disposed over the back of the wearer, joined together by a third sheet or panel of open-cell foam positioned between the first sheet and second sheet, disposed over the wearer's shoulder. Optionally, a fourth sheet or pad of slow-response foam is disposed on the third sheet, disposed over the wearer's shoulder, preferably at the location that is most likely to suffer blows during football play. Optionally, a fifth sheet or pad of open-cell foam is disposed on the first sheet, on the side of the first sheet in contact with the wearer and a sixth sheet or pad of open-cell foam is disposed on the second sheet.

A shoulder-pad system includes various components, including an impact-plate assembly and one or more sub-layers. The shoulder-pad system may be substantially retained in an arrangement or configuration using one or more securing garments. An exemplary securing garment includes an upper-body garment that at least partially wraps over, and attaches to, the impact-plate assembly.

The present invention is to provide a shirt for correcting bone alignment that has a capability to correct the alignment of the sternum and the ribs and reduce burden on user's body. The shirt for correcting bone alignment 1 includes a shirt part 10 that is formed from a stretch fabric; a first restraint part 20 that is formed on the right or the left side in the upper-half of the front body of the shirt part 10, the first restraint part 20 being less stretch than the fabric of the shirt part 10; and a second restraint part 30 that is formed on the different side from the first restraint part 20 in the upper-half of the back body of the shirt part 10, the second restraint part being less stretch than the fabric of the shirt part 10.