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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
James D'Addario, Old Westbury, NY (US);
Carol Catalano, South Hamilton, MA (US);
J. D'Addario & Co., Inc., Farmingdale, NY (US);
Abstract
A shoulder pad includes a flexible base member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central portion, opposite first and second free ends and a longitudinal axis. The flexible base member includes a plurality of longitudinally space, oval-shaped pad sections that increase in thickness from the central portion of the shoulder pad toward at lease one of the first and second free ends. The longitudinally spaced pad sections may also increase in durometer hardness from a centermost pad section to the longitudinally outermost pad sections. For attachment of the pad to a shoulder strap, the pad includes at lease one clip from making snap-on engagement with the pad. For added durability, the shoulder pad further preferably includes a thin spine, which is more rigid than the flexible base member and is attached to the top surface of the flexible base member.