Patent ID: 8336125
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A device for protecting a shoulder when an object is carried thereon, comprising a top layer, which comprises rubber, as well as a bottom layer, which comprises resilient material, which top layer and bottom layer are attached to one another, characterized in that the bottom layer comprises at least one recess which exposes an underside of the rubber top layer, and in which a hook and loop fastener forming a transversely extending loop is attached to the underside of the rubber top layer in said recess; wherein a shoulder strap of a harness or garment can be introduced into the transversely extending loop, so that, when the device is in use and the object is being carried on the top layer, said shoulder strap is secured between the underside of the rubber top layer and bears against the underneath of the transversely extending loop and in an alternating manner against the resilient bottom layer, the shoulder strap adapted to contact a shoulder of the user of the device ensuring that the device is situated in an intended position along the shoulder strap and is generally held in the intended position when the object is carried thereon as a result of the friction between the shoulder strap and the transversely extending loop and the resilient bottom layer.