US2385315A - Shoulder pad - Google Patents

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Sept. 18, 1945. A. A. vANAssE SHOULDER PAD Filed Nov. 3, 1944 ATTOR N E Y INVENTOR. cZJ7/anczsse- Patented Sept. 18, 1945 UNITED y STATE s eATENT OFFICE SHOULDER PAD Armand A. Vanasse, Waterbury, Conn. Application November 3, 1944, Serial No. 561,700

7 Claims.

This invention relates to protectors, and more particularly to an improved shoulder cushion pad shield for use by icemen, coalmen, hed-carriers, truckmen, stevedores, porters, furniture movers, lumbermen, stretcher bearers, garbagemen, etc.

One object of the present invention is to provide a shoulder pad of the above nature having a smooth sheet metal cover provided with an upstanding flange on the inner side of its upper surface to prevent the article being supported from sliding against the neck of the wearer.

A further object is to provide an improved shoulder pad of the above nature which will have an inverted' U-shaped metallic outer frame reinforced by an interior wire skeleton frame and provided with a cushion pad lining of sponge rubber for embracing and engaging the shoulder and chest of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a device oi'` the above nature which will be non-injurious and non-fatiguing to the wearer, simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and manipulate, compact, iexible, water-repellant, ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawing two forms in which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. l represents a perspective view of the complete shoulder pad.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the interior wire skeleton frame of the shoulder pad.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the shoulder pad taken at right angles to the neckprotecting iiange.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View, taken along the line 4--4 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 indicates a cross sectional view similar to Fig. 4 of`a modiiied form of the invention in which the top plate and side plates are made from one integral sheet of material.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral Iii indicates a flat top plate of sheet metal having a pair of depending short side anges I I, I2 which permit water to drain oil the top plate Il! without entering the interior of the shoulder pad.

Provision is also made of a pair of depending elongated sheet metal side ilaps I3, I4 which are wide at the top, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and have reduced tapered bottom wings I5, I6.

In order to reinforce the shoulder pad, provision is made of a skeleton frame including a U-shaped horizontal upper wire loop I1 having horizontal side legs I8, I9 which form a support for the top plate Ill, and are secured thereto as by welding or soldering.

The top wire loop I1 is provided with an upstanding loop 25 at itsinner end which is adapted to be embraced by an `upstanding neckA flange 2| forming an integral part of the metal plate l0, as clearly shown in Fig. l, said ange 2l having an inwardly and downwardly curled extremity' 22 tightly embracing' the'horizontal portion of the loop 20. Provision is also made of an interior rectangular horizontal wire loop 23 welded or soldered to the side legs I8, shaped wire frame I'I--said loop 23 having a pair of U-shaped depending Wire side wings 24, 25 welded or otherwise secured thereto at their top ends 26, 2l and 28, 29.

In order to secure the sheet metal side aps I3, I4 to the parallel wires I8, I9 of the frame I1, the side flaps I3, I4 are provided at their upper ends with downwardly and outwardly curved sections 3'0, 3| which embrace said wires I8, I9 and the wire sides of the frame 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The bottom wings I5, I6 are provided .with lower extremities 32, 33 which are curled inwardly around the horizontal bottom ends of the wire loops 24, 25, as shown.

In order to form two pairs of open eye sections for the reception of shoulder-attaching straps (not shown), the wire side wings 24, 215 have widened bottom sections 34, 35, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

For protecting the chest of the wearer from injury by articles supported on the shoulder pad, provision is made of a U-shaped cushion pad 3B of sponge rubber or other similar material, which is adapted to be cemented or otherwise secured to the interior of the skeleton wire frame and the outer metal plates previously described. The sponge rubber pad 36 is provided with thickened interior corners 31, 38 which serve to make the shoulder pad more comfortable and cause it to fit smoothly over the shoulder of the user.

Operation In operation, when it is desired to support a cake of ice or other article upon the shoulder pad, said article will be supported on the horizontal plate I0 and will preferably be pushed inwardly I9 of the U- until it engages the vertical flange 2|, which will prevent the article from striking the neck of the user. The article may Abe held manually in this position as long as desired.

The bottom sheet metal wings I5, I6 are preferably bent outwardly to facilitate the placing of the pad upon the shoulder of the user.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 5, provision is made of a top sheet metal cover plate :39 `and afpair ofszside-sheetfmetal iiaps 40, .4| .which areaintegral with-..each :other and are connected by depending side anges 42, 43 which are :formed of double thickness by bending said sheet metal as shown. In this form, the

Wire frames I1 and 23 are embraced bythe sockets 44, 45 at the joints between the.. double thickness anges 42, 43 and the depending Wings 40, 4|. 'I'his provides a strongfreiniorced construction. i

While there have been disclosed in this speci cation two forms. in which the-'invention may convenientlyrbe embodied; itt isrtol be` understood that these forinsarefshown lfdr' the purpose. of illustration only,xandthatV the finvention isfnot tobe Ilimited' to the specific disclosures; butmay bemodied and ern-bodied in variousiotheriorms. In short,zthe inventionincludes-lall the modications and embodiments cor-ning` within the scope of` the following rclaims.

`Having thus fullyY described the -invention, what'isfclaimed'as-new, and for which' it is desired to -secure Letters Patent,is:

.1.*In a weight-supporting. protective shoulder pad, -an interior U-shaped skeleton--Wirefframe having a-.rectangularitopfsection and a: pairV of v lwhich said skeleton Wire frame is provided rare-made wide at the 2. The invention as dened in claim 1, in which said exterior metal cover is secured to said skeleton wire frame by welding. n

3. The invention as set forth in claim 1, in which the top of said sheet metal cover is provided withian upstanding .in-ner.l flange to protect the. neck of the user.

4. The invention as set forth in claim 1, in with open enlarged eye sections at the bottom thereof forI receiving shoulder-attaching straps.

r5. vThe invention as set forth in claim 1, in which said skeleton frame and sheet metal cover top to cover the entire lengthof the shoulder and of reduced width at the lower portions thereof shaped to t about the chest of the wearer.

6.Y The invention as set'forthin claim 1, in which the side depending wings are outwardly flaredat the bottomfthereof to .facilitate the placing of the shoulder pad over the shoulderof the user.

7. In a weight-supporting-protectivefshoulder pad,.an interior .U.shaped skeleton wire frame having a rectangular open top .section andapair of vertical dependingv openside wings, and an exterior U-shaped sheet metal cover embracing said frame, the sides of said cover being reversely looped to form corner sockets for the sides of said frames to reinforce the strength thereof.

ARMAND A. VANASSE.

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