Shin Guard With Variable and Interchangeable Protection

Abstract

A shin guard, including a body, upper securing mechanisms disposed at a top portion of the body to secure the shin guard to an upper portion of a shin of a user, lower securing mechanisms disposed at a lower portion of the body to secure the shin guard to a lower portion of the shin of the user, a pocket disposed within the body and including an opening, and an inner guard removably inserted within the pocket via the opening.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shin guard, comprising:
 a body;   upper securing mechanisms disposed at a top portion of the body to secure the shin guard to an upper portion of a shin of a user;   lower securing mechanisms disposed at a bottom portion of the body to secure the shin guard to a lower portion of the shin of the user;   a pocket disposed within the body and including an opening; and   an inner guard removably inserted within the pocket via the opening.   
     
     
         2 . The shin guard of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a fabric that is at least one of flexible, breathable, lightweight, abrasion-resistant, and stretchable. 
     
     
         3 . The shin guard of  claim 1 , wherein the top portion of the body is wider than the bottom portion of the body. 
     
     
         4 . The shin guard of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the upper securing mechanisms secure the shin guard to the upper portion of the shin of the user by each wrapping around at least a partial portion of a lower leg of the user and connecting to each other, and   the upper securing mechanisms secure the shin guard to the lower portion of the shin of the user by each wrapping around at least a partial portion of the lower leg of the user and connecting to each other.   
     
     
         5 . A shin guard, comprising:
 a body to cover at least a portion of a shin of a user while not covering at least a portion of a calf of the user;   a first upper securing mechanism, comprising:
 a first end connected to a first side of the body at an upper portion of the body closest to a knee of the user, and 
 a second end extending away from the first side of the body; 
   a second upper securing mechanism, comprising:
 a first end connected to a second side of the body at the upper portion of the body closest to the knee of the user, and 
 a second end to detachably connect to the second end of the first upper securing mechanism; and 
   a first lower securing mechanism, comprising:
 a first end connected to a first side of the body at a lower portion of the body closest to an ankle of the user, and 
 a second end extending away from the first side of the body; 
   a second lower securing mechanism, comprising:
 a first end connected to a second side of the body at the lower portion of the body closest to the ankle of the user, and 
 a second end to detachably connect to the second end of the first lower securing mechanism. 
   
     
     
         6 . The shin guard of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a pocket disposed within the body and including an opening; and   an inner guard removably inserted within the pocket via the opening.   
     
     
         7 . The shin guard of  claim 5 , wherein:
 the connection of the second end of the second upper securing mechanism to the second end of the first upper securing mechanism secures the upper portion of the body to a first part of a lower leg of the user closest to the knee of the user, and   the connection of the second end of the second lower securing mechanism to the second end of the first lower securing mechanism secures the lower portion of the body to a second part of a lower leg of the user closest to the ankle of the user.   
     
     
         8 . The shin guard of  claim 5 , wherein the first side of the body does not contact the second side of the body when the first upper securing mechanism is connected to the second upper securing mechanism and the first lower securing mechanism is connected to the second lower securing mechanism. 
     
     
         9 . The shin guard of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 an auxiliary pocket disposed on the pocket and including an auxiliary opening; and   an auxiliary inner guard removably inserted within the auxiliary pocket via the auxiliary opening.   
     
     
         10 . The shin guard of  claim 5 , wherein:
 the second end of the first upper securing mechanism is connected to the second end of the second upper securing mechanism using at least one of Velcro, clasps, straps, zippers, tape, adhesive materials, buttons, elastic, and hooks, and   the second end of the first lower securing mechanism is connected to the second end of the second lower securing mechanism using at least one of Velcro, clasps, straps, zippers, tape, adhesive materials, buttons, elastic, and hooks.