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  Protection for cycling pantsUSPTO Application #: 20060191052Title: Protection for cycling pants Abstract: Anatomical protection for cycling pants avoids the occurrence of an unbalanced abutment on the saddle. The protection leaves a sufficient surface free of padding, for good perspiration. The protection has a pair of paddings, each having a peripheral region with a greater thickness than a central region, the peripheral region being suitable for centering around an ischiatic tuberosity. (end of abstract)
Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. - Philadelphia, PA, US Inventor: Enrico Bulian USPTO Applicaton #: 20060191052 - Class: 002023000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Guard Or Protector, Leg, Trouser Attachments The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060191052. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] The present invention concerns a protection for cycling pants, as well as cycling pants that comprise such a protection and a padding for the protection. BACKGROUND [0002] In the present description and in the attached claims, under the term "cycling pants", any garment such as shorts, long pants, bibs and tights for bicycles, exercise bikes and gym equipment for spinning are meant. [0003] In the present description and in the attached claims, under the term "seat pad", an insert or reinforcement extending around the crotch of the pants is meant. The shape of a seat pad is essentially that of a pear or a double lobe. [0004] The seating surface on a bicycle must be kept small both transversally and parallel to the median plane of the bicycle, in order to contain the weight and transversal size of the bicycle and, above all, to allow the legs to make a pedaling motion. The bicycle saddle therefore has essentially the shape of a narrow isosceles triangle in a plan view. [0005] Abutment on the saddle, rubbing against it caused by the movement of the legs during pedalling and local overheating, as well as impacts, vibrations and shakes due to unevenness of the ground or in the case of a fall, cause various problems and inconveniences, especially during prolonged or competitive use of the bicycle. Unfortunately, there are common problems both at skin level and at muscular level, such as the formation of blisters, sores, irritations, ulcerations, corns, traumas and microtraumas, bruises and wounds and even blood circulation problems and prostate problems. [0006] In order to protect the body region that suffers from such problems, cycling pants foresee a seat pad made of a material that has suitable characteristics, namely that is soft, hygienic, resistant to skin pH, breathable, anallergic, anti-bacterial, elastic and heat-regulating. [0007] Among the materials commonly used for the seat pad, natural or synthetic fabric, mesh, knitted fabric, microfiber or animal hides may be cited. [0008] In the most recent seat pads, the aforementioned material is present in a double layer coupled with a padding. [0009] In known seat pads, the padding is essentially uniform, of a size and shape such as to be positioned between the cyclist and the entire bicycle saddle. [0010] Foam paddings, for example PVC, polyurethane and polyester such as MTP (moltoprene), are known. [0011] Paddings filled with liquid, for example silicon, oil and mixtures thereof, flowable in bags formed, for example by heat-sealing, between two impermeable layers of the seat pad, are also known. [0012] The cycling shorts of such a type, by accompanying the movement of the legs during pedalling, increase the contact surface and better absorb not only the forces perpendicular to the abutment surface of the cyclist, but also the shear stresses. [0013] The Applicant observes that at the points where the cyclist's body, seated on the saddle, applies the greatest pressure, namely at the ischiatic bones, the padding of the first type of known seat pads compresses more and therefore applies a greater counterpressure with increased inconveniences, besides reducing in thickness with a consequent lesser protective capability. Moreover, the concentration of pressure under the ischiatic bones causes unbalance of the cyclist, with a consequent reduction in performance. [0014] Flowable paddings, by their very nature, also tend to flow away precisely at the points of greatest pressure from the body, thus inflating in the remaining portions. The consequences are, also in this case, on the one hand the modification of the abutment with consequent loss of equilibrium, and on the other hand the thickness reduction with the consequent lesser protective capability at the points of greatest pressure. [0015] The fact that known padded seat pads have poor performance is proven by the fact that at a competitive level, a padding of reduced thickness is often preferred, to increase adherence and balance on the saddle, which however provides an as equally low protection against the above drawbacks. [0016] The technical problem at the basis of the present invention is to provide a protection for cycling pants that provides adequate support and protection of the human body, and that at the same time maintains good adherence and balance with the bicycle saddle. SUMMARY [0017] The technical problem outlined above is solved, according to the present invention, by providing an anatomical protection, which takes into account the body regions that actually abut, so as to avoid the creation of unbalanced abutment on the saddle. [0018] In such a way, a sufficient surface free of padding is also left, for good breathing. [0019] In a first aspect thereof, the invention concerns a protection for cycling pants, comprising a pair of paddings, each having a peripheral region with a greater thickness than a central region, said peripheral region being suitable for centering around an ischiatic tuberosity. [0020] In seated position, the skeleton rests upon the ischiatic bones. When the seating surface is sufficiently large, such as a chair, the human body rests upon a much larger extent, that of the gluteal muscles. Therefore the weight is not relieved (just) on the ischiatic tuberosities, but around them. A high abutment stability follows and also a protection of the thin layer of skin at the ischiatic tuberosities. [0021] On the other hand, the human body is not suitable for sitting on a limited surface, as a bicycle saddle is. The particular configuration of the protection according to the invention restores the natural seating condition since the padding adapts to the convex shape of the glutei in the region of the ischiatic tuberosities, increasing the contact surface with the cyclist with respect to a flat padding and therefore improving the cyclist's balance in seated position. Continue reading... Full patent description for Protection for cycling pants Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Protection for cycling pants patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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