Improvements in Knee Pads.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Knee Pads.
I, STONEWALL JACKSON DOWLING, of Greenville, in the County of Hunt,
and State of Texas, United States of America, Saddle and Harness Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to knee pads, to be made of leather or other pliable
material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer.
The object of the invention is to produce a pad which will prevent gravel or
the like from working under the knees of the user, and, furthermore, to provide
means for excluding moisture.
A further object of the invention is to so construct the pad that it will prove
simple and efficient and be comparatively inexpensive.
The body of the pad is approximately semicircular in cross section, with the
end turned at right angles to the body to extend above the knee cap. To effect
this result, the body is split on each side toward the centre and pieces are
removed, forming grooves in its sides, that the end may be turned up, with the
edges overlapping. When so adjusted, the pants are secured by sewing, riveting,
pasting, or in any other manner known to the art.
Attached to the upturned end of the body is an apron of any suitable material,
designed to be secured to the trousers to prevent dust, gravel, or other substance
from working in between the pad and knee of the wearer.
The interior of the pad is lined with rubber or other material impervious to
water, and thereon is arranged a padding of sheep-skin, felt, or other agent which
will make a yielding surface.
The pad is secured in place on the knee by buckles and strap connections, while
the apron is buttoned or otherwise secured to the trousers, thus making the pad
readily and conveniently adjustable in place and removable and enabling the user
to stand or kneel with equal convenience.
Dated this 21st day of November 1895
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in Knee Pads.
I, STONEWALL JACKSON DOWLING, of Greenville, in the County of Hunt,
and State of Texas, United States of America, Saddle and Harness Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in knee pads, to be made of leather and
other pliant material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the
wearer.
The object of the invention is to produce a pad which will prevent gravel or
the like from working under the knee of the user, and, furthermore, to provide
means for excluding moisture.

page_text: A further object of the invention is to construct the pad that it will prove simple
and efficient and be comparatively inexpensive.
With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel
arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically
claimed.
In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification, in which,
Figure 1 is a plan view of my pad. Figure 2 is a side view showing it applied,
and Figure 3 is a plan view of the apron.
In the drawings, 1 denotes the body of the pad, approximately semicircular in
cross section, with the end turned at right angles to the body to extend above the
knee cap.
To effect this result, the body is split on each side toward the centre
and pieces are removed, forming gores 44 in its sides, that the end may be turned
up, with the edges overlapping. When so adjusted, the pants are secured by
sewing, riveting, pasting, or in any other manner known to the art.
Attached to the upturned end of the body is an apron F, of any suitable
material, designed to be secured to the trousers to prevent dust, gravel or other
substance from working in between the pad and knee of the wearer.
The interior of the pad is lined with rubber or other material impervious to
water, and thereon is arranged a padding of sheepskin, felt, or other agent which
will make a yielding surface.
The pad is secured in place on the knee by the buckles A and strap connections B,
while the apron is buttoned or otherwise secured to the trousers, thus making the
pad readily and conveniently adjustable in place and removable, and enabling the
user to stand or kneel with equal convenience.
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 :-
A knee pad formed of pliable material, and consisting of a body having side
gores, the upper end of the body being turned up with the overlapping edges of
the gores, fixedly secured, an apron secured to the upturned end and straps for
attaching the pad in place, for the purpose described.
Dated this 21st day of August 1896.
F. W. DARKER,
Applicant's Agent.