Knee protection system

Abstract

A knee protection system has a garment such as pants with a closed pocket. A shaped elastomeric pad is encased in the closed pocket. The shaped pad has a number of sub-pads including a patella pad, a pair of side pads and a top pad. The side pads protect the used when they roll on their knees and the top pad protects the user knee when they lean forward. The elastomer does not absorb water, can be washed and protects against both sharp points and more general pressure.

1 . A joint protection system, comprising: 
 a garment made of cloth having a closed pocket over a joint location; and    an elastomeric pad encased in the closed pocket.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the garment is pants and the joint location is a knee.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the closed pocket is sewn into a seam of the pants.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the closed pocket has no visible seams.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the elastomeric pad has a non-rectangular shape.  
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the elastomeric pad had a plurality of sub-pads.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein one of the plurality of sub-pads is a side pad.  
   
   
       8 . A knee protection system, comprising: 
 a pair of pants having a closed pocket covering a knee location; and    a butterfly shaped pad encased in the closed pocket.    
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the butterfly shaped pad is made of an elastomeric material.  
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the butterfly shaped pad has a pair of side pads.  
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the butterfly shaped pad has a non-rectangular patella pad.  
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the butterfly shaped pad has a top pad.  
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the closed pocket is sewn into a seam of the pants.  
   
   
       14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the closed pocket has no visible seams.  
   
   
       15 . A knee protection system, comprising: 
 a pair of pants;    an integrated pad in the pair of pants covering a knee location.    
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 15 , further including a plurality of integrated pads.  
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of integrated pads are encased in a closed pocket in the pair of pants.  
   
   
       18 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the integrated pad is made of an elastomeric material.  
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the closed pocket is sewn into a seam of the pants.  
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the closed pocket has no visible seams.