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No. 751,302. PATENTED 1* :312490'4;

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1903.

I 10 MODEL.

Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFIC EDWARD L. KRAFT AND CHARLES YOUNG, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPAREL-PAD.

SPECIFICATION f rming p r of L rs Patent N 751,302, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed August 22, 1903. Serial No. 170,452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD L. KRAFT and CHARLEs P. YOUNG, citizens of the United vised and patented.

States, residing in York, county of York, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparel- Pads, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

In pads or dress-forms of this sort numerous constructions have heretofore been de- In some air-tight flexible casings adapted to be inflated have been resorted to to obtain the necessary shape and flexibility. In others a covered framework of flexible wire or rods have been employed, while in still others a fibrous packing material has been used. All these attempts to produce the ideal pad or form have failed for one or more of the following principal causes: They lack durability, they are expensive in material or manufacture, they absorb perspiration from the body and soon become foul, they lose their elasticity and soon pack or harden and lose their shape, they are unnecessarily heavy, they interfere with ventilation and are therefore hot and uncomfortable in warm weather, and in the case of pneumatic padsthey are liable to deflation by puncture. It is the object of our invention to avoid these objections and approach more nearly to the ideal article; and to this end we provide a pad which shall be extremely light in weight, flexible, durable, non-absorbent, easily cleanable should it become foul, elastic, self-ventilating in the highest degree, more artistic in that it more closely simulates flesh in appearance and to the touch through the clothing, non-collapsible, retains its shape until worn out, and shall not requirea cloth covering, as more fully hereinafter described.

The invention, broadly considered, consists in constructing the pad of multicellular, membranous, non-fibrous, non absorbent elastic material, a single piece of homogeneous material being preferably used and the pad being properly shaped by molding it or cutting it to the desired shape from a block of the multicellular material.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a crosssection of a bust-pad approximately concavoconvex in cross-section, and Fig. 2 an enlarged detail section.

Any suitable elastic membranous material may be used; but rubber is preferred, as that is the cheapest andbest for the purpose. The outer cells are open to the, atmosphere, and practically all the cells communicate with each other, so that the pad will yield readily at any point, and the walls of the cells are formed of a very thin and flexible membrane. pad need not be covered with cloth or other material, as it will retain its normal shape unaided and will wear practically as long as the wearer has need for it. The open cellular structure provides for thorough ventilation or aeration, especially as every time it is distorted from its normal shape and is restored by its own elasticity a circulation of air is caused. The pad not being of fibrous material is non absorbent, but may be readily cleaned with water should it become foul, and it may be made so light as to be inappreciable in weight to thewearer. It will not pack or hardenunder long usage and will not lose its shape by being torn orpunctured, and, furthermore, it very closely resembles flesh to the touch as well as in appearance through the wearers clothing.

It is obvious that the pad may be adapted for any part of the body without departing from the invention in the least. It is obvious also that the cells may be any shape clesired, regular or irregular. In the drawings annexed they are shown irregular and somewhat elongated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. An apparel-pad constructed of multicellular material, the walls of the cells being formed by a thin membrane and the cells extending throughout the body of the pad.

2. An apparel-pad consisting'of a single piece of homogeneous multicellular elastic material so as to normally retain its shape, the walls of the cells being formed of thin elastic membrane.

3. An apparel-pad constructed of a single piece of homogeneous non-absorbent material multicellular,throughout the walls of the cells Such a being formed of a thin membrane and the cells communicating With each other and With the atmosphere, the cells being normally open or expanded to permit air to pass readily through the pad.

4. An apparel-pad constructed of Inulticellular elastic material, the Walls of the cells being formed by a thin membrane, said pad being thicker at its center and tapering in all directions toward its edge.

5. An apparel-pad constructed of multicellular material, the Walls of the cells being convex in its outer side and convex on its inner side and thicker at its center and tapering I 5 in all directions toward its edge.

In testimony whereof We hereunto aflix our signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 19th day of August, 1903.

EDWVARD L. KRAFT. CHARLES I. YOUNG. Witnesses:

THOMAS SHILDT, L. P. Gnoss.

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