ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,948, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Wilson Hunt International Ltd. (Wheeling, Ill.).
"Catcher's leg guard" was invented by Keenan Long (Norridge, Ill.) and Matthew Klein (Wheeling, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a leg guard is provided with a splint connector that connects a knee guard with a thigh guard. The splint is made of a material and shaped in a way that allows the connector to hold tension like a rope, to hold compression like a support beam, to bend in one plane like a single hinge through the full range of the knee joint, to twist slightly and to create and maintain a consistent ...