Patent ID: 7004363

Claim:
A shoulder strap pad, comprising: an elongated load-bearing backing member having an upper surface, a lower surface, first and second ends, and inner and outer elongated edges extending between said first and second ends, said inner edge being convexly curved over at least the regions thereof adjacent to said first and second ends; and an elongated cushion attached to the lower surface of the backing member, said cushion comprising: an elongated resilient substrate having a lower surface, an upper surface, first and second ends, and inner and outer elongated edges extending between the first and second ends thereof, said substrate inner edge being convexly curved over at least the regions thereof adjacent to the first and second ends thereof and having a central collar region extending inwardly of said convexly curved regions thereof; a non-abrasive material covering the lower surface of said substrate; and said collar region of said substrate being turned up and back in the outer direction such that at least part of the lower surface of the collar region overlies the upper surface of the region of the substrate transversely adjacent to the collar region thereof and such that the non-abrasive material on the lower surface of the collar region forms the inner edge of the pad over the length of the collar region.