Roller hockey pants

Title: Roller hockey pants

Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Head Coverings, Skirts, Trousers Or Overalls

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060185063, Roller hockey pants.

1. Roller hockey pants, comprising: a pair of pant legs, each pant leg comprising a knee portion and a distal end, a shin portion extending between the knee and the distal end, a length of the shin portion 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; and a strap operatively connected to each pant leg at a location in the shin portion closer to the knee than to the distal end, the strap configured to selectively tighten the pants about a wearer's leg.

2. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein a portion of the strap is rigidly connected to the pants.

3. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein each pant leg comprises a strap channel, and a portion of the strap is held within the strap channel.

4. The roller hockey pants of claim 3, wherein each strap is sewn to the respective pant leg.

5. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein the strap comprises an elastic material.

6. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein each strap comprises a closure, and the closure is disposed generally on a back side of the respective pant leg.

7. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein each strap is generally hidden from direct view from a front of the respective pant leg.

8. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein the pant legs are configured so that the straps are positioned between a top of shin guards worn by the wearer and the knee portion.

9. The roller hockey pants of claim 1, wherein the pant legs are adapted such that the straps each surround a shin guard and a wearer's leg.

10. Sporting leggings, comprising: a pair of leggings, each legging configured to encircle a wearer's leg and comprising an upper leg portion, a lower leg portion, and a knee portion connecting the upper and lower leg portions; and a pair of straps, each strap comprising an elongated body connected to a selectively refastenable closure; wherein 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 wearer's leg and the strap is at a location closer to the wearer's knee than to the wearer's foot.

11. The sporting leggings of claim 10, wherein the closure is permanently refastenable.

12. The sporting leggings of claim 11, wherein the permanently refastenable closure comprises a hook and loop fastener and the elongated body comprises elastic material.

13. The sporting leggings of claim 11, wherein the permanently refastenable closure comprises one or more snaps.

14. The sporting leggings of claim 10, further comprising a pair of apertures in each legging, the elongated body of each strap extending through a corresponding pair of apertures and held within the sporting leggings.

15. The sporting leggings of claim 13, each legging further comprises a passage extending between each of the pairs of apertures, the elongated body of each strap positioned in the corresponding passage.

16. The sporting leggings of claim 14, wherein the passage has a length of at least 1 inch.

17. The sporting leggings of claim 14, wherein the passage extends about a portion of the legging.

18. The sporting leggings of claim 10, wherein each legging comprises a pair of channels, the elongated body configured to pass through the channels and the closure is adapted to not pass through the channels.

19. The sporting leggings of claim 10, wherein the leggings are configured so that each of the straps is position between a shin guard worn by the wearer and the knee portion.

20. The sporting leggings of claim 10, wherein the leggings are adapted such that the straps each secure a shin guard to a wearer's leg.

21. The sporting leggings of claim 10, wherein each legging comprises a plurality of pairs of apertures formed in the lower leg portion, the apertures configured to receive a strap.

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