Improvements in Shoulder Pads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shoulder Pads.
I, GUSTAV GOLDMAN, of 2005, Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, in the State of
Maryland, 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 parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to pads that are placed within garment shoulders and
consists of a novel and useful construction of such articles, that will always main-
tain shape and consistency when bent or subjected to pressure or strain.
A pad, constructed in accordance with my present invention, composed of soft
homogeneous yielding material, can be manufactured without complicated
machinery, and at a lower cost than analogous articles, in common use, all as
hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein
like letters of reference indicate similar parts in each figure thereof.
1.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad constructed in accordance with my
invention, of a single layer of material.
Figure 2 represents a pad in accordance with my invention constructed with
superimposed folds of material, the upper one being shown as partly lifted up at
one end thereof.
Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective sectional view on line y-y of Fig. 1.
Figure 5 represents a pad constructed of superimposed folds of material having
tubular openings passing therethrough and arranged in alternate lines.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pad, having open tubes passing
therethrough, obliquely inclined, from upper to lower surface thereof.
Figure represents a portion of fabric of which the pad is composed, on which
is shown tubular openings of divers forms in cross section.
My invention consists of a crescent-shaped shoulder pad, having upper and under
arched margins, which extend full length of the device and meet at opposite end
points a².
The article is made of soft yielding felt, or any analogous homogeneous pliable
material, which is cut and trimmed to the form illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein A is
the pad having an upper curvilinear margina and a lower one a', the device at
its upper surface being inclined from its thickest portion e, in opposite directions
towards the terminal points a², and also curved downwardly to the outer marginal
line a, of the pad which has a thin edge. The body of the pad is provided with
a series of orifices that open continuously entirely therethrough, thus forming
open ended tubes B. Said tubes are preferably placed in right lines in direction
extending from upper margin a to lower end a¹, as illustrated in Fig. 1, but
they may be located alternately as shown in Fig. 5, without departing from the
scope and purview of my invention.
The tubular openings B, which, as hereinbefore set forth, extend entirely through
the fabric, of which the article is composed, are shown in the first six figures as
circular in cross section, but I do not limit myself to such shape, they may be

page_text: oviform, rectangular, or of any desired conformation in cross section, as illus-
trated in Figure 7.
The tubes B, preferably are open from upper to lower surface of the pad in
perpendicular right lines, but I do not confine the practice of my invention
thereto, they may pass entirely through the device obliquely, as illustrated in
Figure 6.
The object of placing the described open ended tubes, through the entire body
of material of which the pad is composed, will be readily understood by all
familiar with the line of art to which my invention is allied, when a pad provided
with open tubes, is bent in any direction their upper open ends, will open out-
wardly and the under portion thereof will be drawn together; whereby the pad
will not wrinkle or fold up, but will readily yield to pressure or strain, and when
relieved therefrom assume its original conformation.
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 garment shoulder pad, made of soft homogeneous yielding material, having
under and outer arched margins, the body of the material being perforated with
a series of 'open ended tubes extending continuously from its upper to its lower
surface, substantially as described.
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1879.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.