| 摘要 |
An energy-absorbing pad-type device is configured and sized to be inserted within the pants of the wearer adjacent to the wearer's hip and buttocks area, so as to provide an energy-absorbing barrier between the lower extremity of the spine, pelvic girdle, and bottom of the hip bone region, and thereby protect the wearer's hip and buttocks area against injury in the event the person wearing the pad should fall on a hard surface such as a sidewalk or street surface. The protective device comprises a generally flat pad made of elastically deformable multi closed cell polymer material. The pad has a top edge portion, a pair of tapered first and second side edge portions that extend from the top edge portion, and a bottom portion to which the first and second side edge portions extend. The bottom edge portion has first and second generally convexly curved edge portions adjacent to the first and second side edge portions, respectively, and is sized to extend in proximity of the lower hip area of the wearer when the pad device is placed within the wearer's pants adjacent to the buttocks. Pad material which is contiguous with the first and second generally convexly curved edge portions extends along and protects the pelvic girdle, bottom of the wearer's hip bone. A generally central portion of the bottom of the pad, has a slight concave shape that is shaped to generally conform with a crotch portion of the wearer's pants to stabilize the pad within the seat of the pants of the wearer and provide an effective energy-absorbing barrier at the bottom of the spine.
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