Improvements in Breast Pads or Shoulder Pads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1900--Accepted, 8th Sept., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breast Pads or Shoulder Pads.
I, KONRAD KRATZER, of 9, Gellertstrasse, Nuremberg, in the Empire of
Germany, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The present invention has for its object a resilient or elastic breast or shoulder
pad formed of an elastic hollow rubber body replacing the layer of wadding at
present frequently employed in articles of clothing.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a side view of the improved shoulder pad when used alone. It
consists of a hollow rubber body which has suitable stiffening ridges b c and d
which are shown in plan view in Figure 3.
Figure is a section of the indiarubber body on the line A B of Figure 1
showing the hollow chamber a. Round the edges of the rubber body small
holes e
fg are formed to allow of the pad being sewn to the material of the
clothes. Figure 4 shows the shoulder piece in use. The elastic pad has for its
object to impart to the shoulder of a coat a high (raised) rounded form and to
replace wadding. It is to be preferred to wadding from a hygienic point of view
as wadding easily absorbs the germs of infection. The hollow pads are made
of various sizes and thicknesses for all sorts of people.
In many cases it is however necessary to insert in coats and the like a suitable
chest or breast padding in addition to the shoulder pads. Figures 8 and 9 show
the form of an improved breast pad which similarly to the shoulder pads consists
of a hollow rubber body with suitable holes for sewing to the pieces of material
of which the garment is made. In order to enable the breast pads and shoulder-
pads to be connected, an intermediate piece which is shown in Figures 5, 6
and 7 is necessary, which piece is employed beneath the breast-pad and shoulder-
pad at the point where the sleeve is connected with the shoulder. Figures 5
and 6 show this piece in elevation and plan, whilst Figure 7 is a cross section
on the line A B of Figure 5.
Figure 10 shows the separate parts employed collectively on an article of
clothing, the reference numerals in this figure being the corresponding numbers
of the other figures wherein the same parts are shown separately on a larger
scale.
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention has for its object a resilient or clastic breast or shoulder
pad formed of an elastic hollow rubber body replacing the layer of wadding at
present frequently employed in articles of clothing.
In the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification-
Figure 1 is side view of the improved shoulder pad when used alone. It
consists of a hollow rubber body which has suitable stiffening ridges b c and d
which are shown in plan view in Figure 3.
Figure 2 is a section of the indiarubber body on the line A B of Figure 1
showing the hollow chamber a. Round the edges of the rubber body small
holes e f g are formed to allow of the pad being sewn to the material of the
clothes. Figure 4 shows the shoulder piece in use. The elastic pad has for its
object to impart to the shoulder of a coat a high (raised) rounded form and to
replace wadding. It is to be preferred to wadding from a hygienic point of view
as wadding easily absorbs the germs of infection. The hollow pads are made
of various sizes and thicknesses for all sorts of people.
In many cases it is however necessary to insert in coats and the like a suitable
chest or breast padding in addition to the shoulder pads. Figures 8 and 9 show
the form of an improved breast pad which similarly to the shoulder pads consists
of a hollow rubber body with suitable holes for sewing to the pieces of material
of which the garment is made Fig. 8 being the outer side of the pad &
Fig 9 the inner side. In order to enable the breast pads and shoulder-
pads to be connected an intermediate piece which is shown in Figures 5, 6
and 7 is necessary, which piece is employed beneath the breast-pad and shoulder-
pad at the point where the sleeve is connected with the shoulder. Figures 5
and 6 show this piece in elevation and plan, whilst Figure 7 is a cross section
on the line A B of Figure 5.
Figure 10 shows the separate parts (i.e., breast pad & shoulder pad) employed
collectively on an article of clothing, the reference numerals in this figure being
the corresponding numbers of the other figures wherein the same parts are
shown separately on a larger scale. Thus 8-9 represents the breast pad Figs. 8
& 9, 1-3 the shoulder pad Figs. 1-3, & 5-6 the intermediate connecting piece
shown in Figs. 5 & 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The improvement in breast-pads or shoulder-pads which consists in forming
them of hollow elastic bodies with suitable holes for sewing them in place,
whereby the usual layers of wadding are dispensed with, substantially as herein-
before set forth.
2. The improved shoulder or breast pads constructed substantially as described
and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1900.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.