Zip wrap / knee brace contractor knee pads

Abstract

A contractor knee pad designed for long-term comfort when working kneeling on the ground or on the floor. The kneeling work pads of the invention have a hard inner core and a comfortable outer sheath which protects the contractors knee from the inner core, a wide elastic webbing may be stretched across the back of the wearer's leg from one side of the kneeling work pads to the other. In order to provide uniform tension, a zipper is employed, the zipper of the wide elastic webbing closes downward, that is, the opposite to the most common direction. Optional strips attach to strip anchors actually on the front of the contractors kneeling word pads, which are simple studs so that the strips may be put over the stud to be held in place and no part of the attachment reaches to the back of the device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Contractor knee pads for wearing on the knees of a contractor for comfort while working kneeling with the knee joint's front side on the ground or floor supporting the contractor and the knee joint's rear side free, the contractor knee pads each comprising:
 front and back sides;   a hard inner protective body dimensioned and configured to conform to the shape of such kneeling human knee joint's front side;   an outer sheath of comfort padding enclosing a back side of the inner protective body;   the work pads each having left and right straight edges;   left and right support strips of resilient material stitched to the respective left and right straight edges;   one support strip having a front face having one half of a zipper stitched thereto, the other support strip having an elastic webbing stitched thereto;   the elastic webbing dimensioned and configured to conform to the shape of such kneeling human knee joint's rear side;   the elastic webbing having a third support strip stitched thereto, the third support strip having a second half of the zipper stitched thereto;   whereby, when the contractor knee pad is placed on such front side of such knee joint, the elastic webbing may be stretched across such rear side of such knee joint, and the two halves of the zipper may be zipped together, comfortably securing the kneeling work pads in place.   
     
     
         2 . The contractor knee pads of  claim 1 , the zipper further comprising:
 a slider oriented facing in an upward direction, but which slider separates the two halves of the zipper when the slider is moved upward and zips together the two halves of the zipper when the slider is moved downward, whereby:   when the zipper is zipped together, the slider rests at a bottom end of the zipper.   
     
     
         3 . The contractor knee pads of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a plurality of anchors projecting from a front side of the contractor knee pad, each anchor having a head;   at least one strip having two ends, each end having a buckle thereon, each buckle having an aperture dimensioned and configured to pass about one of the anchor heads and secure the end of the strip to the anchor, the strip stretching from one of the anchors on the front side of the contractor's kneeling pad across the back side of the contractor knee pad to a different one of the anchors on the front side of the contractor knee pad.   
     
     
         4 . The contractor knee pads of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 plastic rubber gel used to create a logo visible on the front of the contractor knee pads.   
     
     
         5 . The contractor knee pads of  claim 1 , the outer sheath of comfort padding comprising:
 plastic rubber gel material.   
     
     
         6 . The contractor knee pads of claim, the outer sheath of comfort padding comprising:
 padded fabric.   
     
     
         7 . The contractor knee pads of  claim 1 , the hard inner protective body comprising: plastic rubber gel material.