Bike Athletic Company is an American sportswear company.
In 1874, Charles F. Bennett, an employee of the Chicago sporting goods company Sharp and Smith, invented the jockstrap, designed to provide support and protection for bicycle transporters navigating Boston's cobbled streets.[2][3] Bennett later founded the Bike Web Company and played a major role in popularizing the jockstrap among athletes and workers.[4]
On November 30, 1897, Bennett patented an improved version of the undergarment under U.S. Patent No. 594,673, titled "Combined Jock-Strap and Suspensory". Over time, the jockstrap became widely adopted in various organized sports, leading to the colloquial term "jock" for athletes who wore them.
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The company later produced additional protective sports equipment such as multipurpose knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, shoulder pads, uniform jerseys, and pants for football,