Yoke foam padding

A foam padding having a foam pad and a sheet material cover, both being shaped such that the pad extends along the flat side of the central section of a wooden yoke and the cover holds it in place.

Referring specifically to the figures, the foam padding 1 consists of a roughly rectangular cross-section piece of low density closed cell plastic foam shaped to cover the central section of one side 3 and, one edge 5 of a wooden yoke 7 . In the specific embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 , the foam padding is held in place by a covering of textured sheet vinyl 9 , preferably a reinforced vinyl such as that known by the trademark NAGERHYDE. The sheet vinyl 9 can be secured to the foam padding by an adhesive or it can merely be left untouched so that the foam padding and the vinyl sheet are separable. The vinyl sheet preferably overlaps along the rounded edge 11 of the yoke with the overlap portions being secured to each other by a fastener such as that known by the trademark VELCRO. In a second embodiment of the invention (not shown) the foam padding 1 can be of narrower width so that it is the same width as the wooden yoke so that it only covers one side 3 of the central portion of the wooden yoke. This second embodiment will of course be less expensive than the first embodiment as less material will be used.