Improvements in Shoulder Pads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1893--Accepted, 15th July, 1899
Improvements in Shoulder Pads.
I, GUSTAV GOLDMAN, of 2005, Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, in the State of Mary-
land, United States of America, Physician, 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 shoulder pads, and consists of a novel and useful con-
struction thereof, that when placed between fabrics of which garments are com-
posed, will always maintain its shape and conformation when bent in any direc-
tion, all as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts on each figure thereon.
Figure 1 represents in perspective a shoulder pad constructed in accordance
with my invention, of a single fold of material.
Figure 2 is a similar view of a shoulder pad constructed of superimposed folds
of material.
Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line - of Figure 2.
The pad shown in Figures 1 and 2, is represented with a covering of wadding
on its upper surface partly removed and overturned therefrom, and a covering
of its lower surface of thin textile fabric partly removed and turned over therefrom.
A is the pad proper, B the covering of wadding; C the textile lower surface
covering. The body of the pad is composed of felt, or any suitable soft yielding
material which is provided with a series of short slits D), in right lines in direction
from the upper to the lower margin of the device some of which are open partly
downwardly through the thickness of the material of which the pad is composed,
and some of which pass entirely through from upper to lower surface.
The object of cutting the slits 1 into the body of the material of which the
device is constructed, is to allow the pad to readily curve, when bent over as such
article is frequently subjected to when on the wearers person, without being liable
to rupture, wrinkle, or fold over as such article in common use is liable to. I
deem that a pad, constructed in accordance with my present improvement, over-
comes such mischief as will be readily understood by all familiar with the line of
art to which it is allied.
The upper covering of a thin layer of wadding B, which in the finished pad
is connected to the under material by sewing round the curvilinear margins there-
of, will at all times present a smooth outer upper surface, and the lower cover-
ing C, which may be cheese cloth or any suitable textile fabric, will give a like
protection to the under surface. Said coverings B and C may be connected in
position by stitching as hereinbefore described, or by sizing or any adhesive sub-
stance, or the two means for perfecting such connection may be employed in com-
bination if desired. I do not limit the use of the described upper and under surface
coverings to a pad the body of which has slits D, as they may be used on such
article of manufacture, the body of which may be of any form or construction.

page_text: 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:
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1. A garment shoulder pad composed of a soft yielding material provided with
a series of short slits cut downwardly therein, extending in right lines in direc-
tion from inner arched to outer arched margins, substantially as described.
2. The within described new article of manufacture consisting of a garment
shoulder pad, having an upper surface covering of wadding and an under surface
covering of thin textile material as and for the purpose intended, substantially
as described.
Dated this 4th day of Anvil 1900
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.