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Roller hockey pantsRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Head Coverings, Skirts, Trousers Or OverallsRoller hockey pants description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060185063, Roller hockey pants. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to sporting clothing and more particularly relates to sporting leggings for hockey players. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Hockey is a fast moving, competitive game that is typically played on ice or on a hard skating surface. Ice hockey is played on ice, and roller hockey is typically played on a pavement. [0005] Hockey players typically wear protective gear to protect themselves against injuries including abrasions, bruising, or other injuries sustained from contacting a hockey puck, hockey stick, other players, the wall of a hockey rink, etc. Many times, this protective gear is incorporated into the clothing of the hockey player. For example, hockey players generally wear shin guards to protect their lower legs. Shin guards can protect the player's bones (e.g., the tibia) and muscles (e.g., the tibialis anterior), or other body parts. Ice hockey players typically wear ice hockey leggings over their shin guards in order to help hold the shin guards and other pads in place and to insulate the player's legs. Ice hockey pants typically are short-type pants and are worn and positioned so that the legs of the shorts terminate above the top of the shin guards. [0006] Roller hockey players typically wear protective gear and clothing that is generally similar to ice hockey equipment, but includes some differences to accommodate for differences between ice hockey and roller hockey. There is a need for hockey protective gear, especially roller hockey gear, that improves the fit of leggings, especially around the wearer's lower leg and, in some cases, about the shin guards. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] In accordance with one embodiment, the present invention provides roller hockey pants comprising a pair of pant legs. Each pant leg comprises a knee portion and a distal end, and a shin portion extends between the knee and the distal end. A length of the shin portion is configured so that, when the knee portion is arranged generally adjacent a wearer's knee, the distal end is arranged at or adjacent a wearer's ankle. A strap is operatively connected to each pant leg at a location in the shin portion closer to the knee than to the distal end. The strap is configured to selectively tighten the pants about a wearer's leg. [0008] In accordance with another embodiment, sporting leggings comprise a pair of leggings. Each legging is configured to encircle a wearer's leg and comprises an upper leg portion, a lower leg portion, and a knee portion connecting the upper and lower leg portions. The sporting leggings also comprise a pair of straps. Each pair of straps comprises an elongated body connected to a selectively refastenable closure. The straps are connected to a corresponding lower leg portion of the leggings so that when a wearer wears the leggings, the closures secure the lower leg portion against the person's body and the strap is at a location which closer to the wearer's knee than to the wearer's foot. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a roller hockey player wearing a preferred embodiment of roller hockey pants having features of the present invention. [0010] FIG. 2 is a side view of the roller hockey pants of FIG. 1 having a strap assembly. [0011] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the roller hockey pants and strap assembly of FIG. 2 taken along 3-3. [0012] FIG. 4 is a front view of the roller hockey pants of FIG. 1. [0013] FIG. 5 is a back view of the roller hockey pants of FIG. 1. [0014] FIG. 5a is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 5. [0015] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the hockey pants of FIG. 1 having a passage configured to receive a portion of a strap assembly. [0016] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a strap assembly having features of the present invention, the strap assembly is in a closed position. [0017] FIG. 8 is a front view of the strap assembly of FIG. 7, wherein the strap assembly is generally flat and in an open position. [0018] FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of another embodiment of roller hockey pants having a strap assembly being worn by a hockey player. [0019] FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the roller hockey pants and strap assembly of FIG. 9 along 10-10. [0020] FIG. 11 is a side view of another embodiment of roller hockey pants on the leg of a hockey player. [0021] FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a roller hockey player wearing a preferred embodiment of roller hockey pants having features of the present invention. 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