ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,125, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS LLC (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
"Leg guards with hinges" was invented by Dmitry Rusakov (Carignan, Canada), Kevin Chen (Los Angeles) and Tazo Osawa (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protective equipment for protecting a portion of a user's body (such as an articulating leg guard for protecting part of a user's leg) may include a knee guard assembly for covering at least a portion of a user's anterior knee region, a thigh guard assembly for covering at least a portion of a user's anterior thigh region, and at least two connection elements positioned to connect the knee...