CA1086003A - Shoulder protector - Google Patents
Shoulder protectorInfo
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- CA1086003A CA1086003A CA286,336A CA286336A CA1086003A CA 1086003 A CA1086003 A CA 1086003A CA 286336 A CA286336 A CA 286336A CA 1086003 A CA1086003 A CA 1086003A
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A protective shoulder cover which is positively held on a person's shoulder by means of tie straps or pile fabric tape fastener portions. The cover in one embodiment has an absorbent material outer layer, a liquid impervious inner layer, and interlining between these two layers at the shoulder for the purpose of providing padding. The shoulder portion is also form-fitting to provide a secure fit on a person wearing same.
Several other embodiments are envisioned by this invention; the interling may be omitted between the two layers, and both layers may be made of absorbent material.
A protective shoulder cover which is positively held on a person's shoulder by means of tie straps or pile fabric tape fastener portions. The cover in one embodiment has an absorbent material outer layer, a liquid impervious inner layer, and interlining between these two layers at the shoulder for the purpose of providing padding. The shoulder portion is also form-fitting to provide a secure fit on a person wearing same.
Several other embodiments are envisioned by this invention; the interling may be omitted between the two layers, and both layers may be made of absorbent material.
Description
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This invention relates generally to protective coverings for wearing by a person using the covering. Means are provided for securely holding said cover to the wearer.
A common problem with known bibs, aprons, etc., are that may of them are general purpose and not really form-fitting and therefore fail to give the amount of protection desired by a person wearing same.
- Another common problem is that many of the known prior art devices are either overly bulky and unduly burden the wearer, or else they are not bulky enough and fail to give the amount of protection a wearer needs.
Known prior ~ patents which may be pertinent to this invention are listed as follows:
B. D. Sossamon 2,499,689 March 7, 1950 L. M. Simon 2,727,239 December 20, 1955 B. M. Hart 2,793,367 May 28, 1957 L. ~ Peterson 2,955,293 October 11, 1960 ~` An object of the present invention is to provide a protective garment which snugly fits the shoulder of a wearer to prevent soiling of the clothes of the wearer.
~-~ Another object of the present invent;on is to provide a shoulder
This invention relates generally to protective coverings for wearing by a person using the covering. Means are provided for securely holding said cover to the wearer.
A common problem with known bibs, aprons, etc., are that may of them are general purpose and not really form-fitting and therefore fail to give the amount of protection desired by a person wearing same.
- Another common problem is that many of the known prior art devices are either overly bulky and unduly burden the wearer, or else they are not bulky enough and fail to give the amount of protection a wearer needs.
Known prior ~ patents which may be pertinent to this invention are listed as follows:
B. D. Sossamon 2,499,689 March 7, 1950 L. M. Simon 2,727,239 December 20, 1955 B. M. Hart 2,793,367 May 28, 1957 L. ~ Peterson 2,955,293 October 11, 1960 ~` An object of the present invention is to provide a protective garment which snugly fits the shoulder of a wearer to prevent soiling of the clothes of the wearer.
~-~ Another object of the present invent;on is to provide a shoulder
2~ Eitting protective garment which is impervious to liquid on the inner surface thereoE and which is liquid absorbent on the outer surface thereof.
~ A further object of this invention is to provide a protective ;~
shoulder bib having an additional padded layer as part of the garment at the portion oE the garment which fits the shoulder. This additional padding `--; provides additionfll protection and increased comfort for the wearer but since - it i9 only provided where needed does not add any additional bulk to the -~ over-all garment.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a protective garment which has positive securing means such as tie straps or "Velcro" covered overlapping ends to positively retain the garment on a ~ rr~ Rrk 1- ~;
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person wearing same.
Another further object of this invention is to provide liquid absorbent material on both surfaces of the garment and to replace the section of padding with a waterproof portion between the two layers. Also the absorbent ma~erial may be of paper so the bib can be thrown away after use thereof.
The protective shoulder garment as envisioned by this invention is form-fitting to a person wearing same on either shoulder, is interchangeable with either shoulder, and offers additional padding material at the shoulder portion only to give increased protection without adding undue bulk. Positive retaining means such as straps or "Velcro"* fasteners (pile fabric tape fasteners) are provided so that the garment, in addition to being form-fitting9 ~ill also be securely and positively retalned on a person wearing same. Nevertheless the garment will still be easily removed when a person desires to do . . .
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Broadly speaking, the present invention provides a ` protective garment for either shoulder of a person, the garment consisting only of a liquid absorbing outer layer of long rectangular shape symmetrical about both a longitudinal and a tran~verse center line, a liquid impervious inner layer of sub-atantially the same long rectangular shape as the outer layer ~ith both layers having long, straight and uninterrupted side edges, contlnuous stitching along the edges of both layers to ~cure them together, means provided so that the garment will snu~ly ~it either shoulder of the wearer to prevent the soiling of the clothes of the wearer including three spaced sets of -~ darts and tucks in each side edge of the respective layers with the darts and tucks being disposed adjacent the central portion of each side edge to shorten the side edges and define a central pocket-like area to receive the shoulder of a person9 and means ` P~ Eor positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on * Trademar~ ~
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either shoulder, the means for positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on either shoulder including tie members attached at the respective ends of the garment for appropriately tying the ends about the waist of the wearer with the tie ends being diagonally arranged with respect to the shoulder engaged by the garment thereby disposing the garment diagonally of the torso of the wearer, the tie members being narrow and attached to the center of the end edges by the stitching which secures the layers together.
- 10 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoulder protector of this invention as applied to a shoulder of a user.
Figure 2 is a top plan view, partly broken away at the center portion thereof, of the protector of this invention.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a perspective view, in part, of the ends of the protector with a modified type of fastening structure.
Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a shoulder protector according to the present invention is shown being worn by a person designated in general by reference numeral 1~ in Figure 1. The protective garment is made up of layers, as best seen in Figure 2, comprising an absorbent layer 12 made oE material such as terry cloth and a liquid impervious layer 22 made o~ material such as plastic. These two layers are fastened ~gether along their outer edges 20 by means of stitching 21 or othe~ suitable fastening means. A third layer portion 1~ is provided at the center of the bib as seen !
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66~33 in Figure 2 for the purpose of providing additional padding along the portion of the garment which fits and covers the shoulder of a wearer. This inner lining or additional padding would preferably be of sufficient length to extend approximately six inches or so down from each side of a person's shoulder when the garment is being worn. kny suitable cloth or padding type material, etc., may be used for this inner layer.
;~ Another embodiment of this invention is to make both layers 12 and ; 22 of absorbent material, and omit the padding 14, or replace the padding with a similar length section of plastic or other liquid impervious material. Also, instead of using terry cloth for the absorbent layers, an absorbent paper may be used 90 the bib can be disposed of after use rather than cleaning same.
Appropriate darts 18 and inner stitching 16, as seen in Figures 2 and
~ A further object of this invention is to provide a protective ;~
shoulder bib having an additional padded layer as part of the garment at the portion oE the garment which fits the shoulder. This additional padding `--; provides additionfll protection and increased comfort for the wearer but since - it i9 only provided where needed does not add any additional bulk to the -~ over-all garment.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a protective garment which has positive securing means such as tie straps or "Velcro" covered overlapping ends to positively retain the garment on a ~ rr~ Rrk 1- ~;
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person wearing same.
Another further object of this invention is to provide liquid absorbent material on both surfaces of the garment and to replace the section of padding with a waterproof portion between the two layers. Also the absorbent ma~erial may be of paper so the bib can be thrown away after use thereof.
The protective shoulder garment as envisioned by this invention is form-fitting to a person wearing same on either shoulder, is interchangeable with either shoulder, and offers additional padding material at the shoulder portion only to give increased protection without adding undue bulk. Positive retaining means such as straps or "Velcro"* fasteners (pile fabric tape fasteners) are provided so that the garment, in addition to being form-fitting9 ~ill also be securely and positively retalned on a person wearing same. Nevertheless the garment will still be easily removed when a person desires to do . . .
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Broadly speaking, the present invention provides a ` protective garment for either shoulder of a person, the garment consisting only of a liquid absorbing outer layer of long rectangular shape symmetrical about both a longitudinal and a tran~verse center line, a liquid impervious inner layer of sub-atantially the same long rectangular shape as the outer layer ~ith both layers having long, straight and uninterrupted side edges, contlnuous stitching along the edges of both layers to ~cure them together, means provided so that the garment will snu~ly ~it either shoulder of the wearer to prevent the soiling of the clothes of the wearer including three spaced sets of -~ darts and tucks in each side edge of the respective layers with the darts and tucks being disposed adjacent the central portion of each side edge to shorten the side edges and define a central pocket-like area to receive the shoulder of a person9 and means ` P~ Eor positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on * Trademar~ ~
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either shoulder, the means for positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on either shoulder including tie members attached at the respective ends of the garment for appropriately tying the ends about the waist of the wearer with the tie ends being diagonally arranged with respect to the shoulder engaged by the garment thereby disposing the garment diagonally of the torso of the wearer, the tie members being narrow and attached to the center of the end edges by the stitching which secures the layers together.
- 10 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoulder protector of this invention as applied to a shoulder of a user.
Figure 2 is a top plan view, partly broken away at the center portion thereof, of the protector of this invention.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a perspective view, in part, of the ends of the protector with a modified type of fastening structure.
Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a shoulder protector according to the present invention is shown being worn by a person designated in general by reference numeral 1~ in Figure 1. The protective garment is made up of layers, as best seen in Figure 2, comprising an absorbent layer 12 made oE material such as terry cloth and a liquid impervious layer 22 made o~ material such as plastic. These two layers are fastened ~gether along their outer edges 20 by means of stitching 21 or othe~ suitable fastening means. A third layer portion 1~ is provided at the center of the bib as seen !
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66~33 in Figure 2 for the purpose of providing additional padding along the portion of the garment which fits and covers the shoulder of a wearer. This inner lining or additional padding would preferably be of sufficient length to extend approximately six inches or so down from each side of a person's shoulder when the garment is being worn. kny suitable cloth or padding type material, etc., may be used for this inner layer.
;~ Another embodiment of this invention is to make both layers 12 and ; 22 of absorbent material, and omit the padding 14, or replace the padding with a similar length section of plastic or other liquid impervious material. Also, instead of using terry cloth for the absorbent layers, an absorbent paper may be used 90 the bib can be disposed of after use rather than cleaning same.
Appropriate darts 18 and inner stitching 16, as seen in Figures 2 and
3~ are also provided along the middle portion of the protector so that the garment will be relatively form fitting to a person's shoulder.
Means are provided to secure this garment to the shoulder of a wearer in a positive manner. Such means~ in Figure 2, consist of straps 24 which may ;~ be appropriately tied at the waist point of the wearer as best seen in Figure 1.
The garment is form fitting and will fit either shoulder and can be worn on a ; person's right shoulder as shown in solid lines in Figure 1 or on a 2~ person's le~t shoulder as indicated by dotted lines in the same figure.
Figure 4 shows a modification of this invention wherein "Velcro" *
portions 26 are applied to the inner and outer ends of the garment to function flS the fastening means instead of straps 24. Snaps could also be provided - flnd used instead o;E either the ties or the "Velcro", but snaps do not offer ~he degree oE adjustment that the preferred straps or "Velcro" type fastener provide.
Another feature of the "Velcro" type fastening means is in the providing of these strips on both sides of each of the ends. With this arrangement a wearer of the protective garment may easily fasten the ends regardless of which shoulder the garment is being worn, and regardless of . . I .
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1~ 03 whether the person is right or left handed. As is well known, it is more difficult for a left-handed person to fasten a garment designed for a right-handed person, and vice versa. Therefore, with the "Velcro" portions 26 being provided on both sides of each end, this problem is eliminated. Also, the problem is solved no matter which shoulder the garment is being applied to.
Thus it can be seen from the above description that the protective garment as envisioned in this invention has a liquid protecting surface, additional padding for giving utmost protection to the shoulder of a user, and then a final layer of absorbent covering material to complete the g~rment with positive means being provided for securing the garment p~sitively and firmly and yet easily removably on the shoulder of a wearer.
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Means are provided to secure this garment to the shoulder of a wearer in a positive manner. Such means~ in Figure 2, consist of straps 24 which may ;~ be appropriately tied at the waist point of the wearer as best seen in Figure 1.
The garment is form fitting and will fit either shoulder and can be worn on a ; person's right shoulder as shown in solid lines in Figure 1 or on a 2~ person's le~t shoulder as indicated by dotted lines in the same figure.
Figure 4 shows a modification of this invention wherein "Velcro" *
portions 26 are applied to the inner and outer ends of the garment to function flS the fastening means instead of straps 24. Snaps could also be provided - flnd used instead o;E either the ties or the "Velcro", but snaps do not offer ~he degree oE adjustment that the preferred straps or "Velcro" type fastener provide.
Another feature of the "Velcro" type fastening means is in the providing of these strips on both sides of each of the ends. With this arrangement a wearer of the protective garment may easily fasten the ends regardless of which shoulder the garment is being worn, and regardless of . . I .
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1~ 03 whether the person is right or left handed. As is well known, it is more difficult for a left-handed person to fasten a garment designed for a right-handed person, and vice versa. Therefore, with the "Velcro" portions 26 being provided on both sides of each end, this problem is eliminated. Also, the problem is solved no matter which shoulder the garment is being applied to.
Thus it can be seen from the above description that the protective garment as envisioned in this invention has a liquid protecting surface, additional padding for giving utmost protection to the shoulder of a user, and then a final layer of absorbent covering material to complete the g~rment with positive means being provided for securing the garment p~sitively and firmly and yet easily removably on the shoulder of a wearer.
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Claims (2)
1. A protective garment for either shoulder of a person, said garment consisting only of a liquid absorbing outer layer of long rectangular shape symmetrical about both a longitudinal and a transverse center line, a liquid impervious inner layer substan-tially the same long rectangular shape as the outer layer with both layers having long, straight and uninterrupted side edges, continuous stitching along the edges of both layers to secure them together, means provided so that the garment will snugly fit either shoulder of the wearer to prevent the soiling of the clothes of the wearer including three spaced sets of darts and tucks in each side edge of the respective layers with the darts and tucks being disposed adjacent the central portion of each side edge to shorten the side edges and define a central pocket-like area to receive the shoulder of a person, and means for positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on either shoulder, said means for positively securing the garment to a person wearing same on either shoulder including tie members attached at the respective ends of the garment for appropriately tying the ends about the waist of the wearer with the tie ends being diagonally arranged with respect to the shoulder engaged by the garment thereby disposing the garment diagonally of the torso of the wearer, said tie members being narrow and attached to the center of the end edges by the stitching which secures the layers together.
2. The protective garment of claim 1 together with a layer of absorbent padding interposed between the outer layer and inner layer and extending equally from opposite sides of the transverse center line of the garment a distance substantially less than one-half the distance to the ends of the garment.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA286,336A CA1086003A (en) | 1977-09-08 | 1977-09-08 | Shoulder protector |
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| CA286,336A CA1086003A (en) | 1977-09-08 | 1977-09-08 | Shoulder protector |
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| CA1086003A true CA1086003A (en) | 1980-09-23 |
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| GB2521385A (en) * | 2013-12-18 | 2015-06-24 | Alifia Putwa | Baby winding aide garment with assisting pad |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB2521385A (en) * | 2013-12-18 | 2015-06-24 | Alifia Putwa | Baby winding aide garment with assisting pad |
| GB2521385B (en) * | 2013-12-18 | 2018-04-11 | Putwa Alifia | Baby winding aide garment with assisting pad |
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