Patent ID: 8827039

Claim:
A pad system for a climber, comprising: a bracket formed from a single plate having first and second ends, the plate having a curved portion in the shape of a “C” defining a plane with an inner surface and an outer surface, and top and bottom edges, the first and second ends respectively including elongate slots for receiving a strap thereinthrough, the bracket further comprising a recessed columnar channel having a wall member offset from the plane defining the “C” shaped plate, the channel extending below the bottom edge of the curved portion of the plate, the channel forming an angle with the bottom edge of the curved portion of the plate in a range of between seventy two degrees and seventy five degrees, the wall member including a linear array of apertures extending along a middle portion thereof; a sheet of hook and loop fastener material affixed to the inner surface of the “C” shaped plate between the first end and the channel; a strap securable through one of said first and second ends; and a removable pad having a generally “C” shape corresponding with the curved portion of the plate, the removable pad having a back surface comprising complimentary hook and loop fastening material cooperating with the sheet of hook and loop fastener material to achieve a releasable attachment with the bracket, wherein the first end of the plate is angled approximately forty-five degrees out of plane with the curved “C” shaped portion of the plate.