Disclosed is knee protection equipment including: a unit for resting on the ground, intended to be positioned in the immediate vicinity of the knee, and/or the unit resting on the ground being intended to be positioned level with the tibia; a harness intended to be arranged level with the pelvis; the harness and the unit for resting on the ground being connected by a rigid arm intended to be positioned laterally and externally to the thigh, the equipment being able to pass from a standing position in which the unit for resting on the ground are positioned level with the knee and/or level with the tibia, to a kneeling position in which the unit for resting on the ground bear on the ground and are able to transmit at least part of the vertical load force to the harness.