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The pair of baseball umpire/catcher thigh protector would fulfill the need for providing the user with a protective barrier between the thigh and the baseball which would avoid considerable amounts of pain and contusion when the baseball hits the thigh.
FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the right thigh protector of the pair of baseball umpire/catcher thigh protectors, showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation showing the side opposite of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view; and,
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view.
The left thigh protector of the pair of baseball umpire/catcher thigh protectors is a mirror image of the thigh protector shown in FIGS. 1 through 6.