There are described padding materials comprising a first moisture vapor permeable film layer and a second moisture vapor permeable film layer with air bubbles spaced therebetween. The air bubbles may optionally contain foam pips. Methods of preparation and uses of the padding materials are also described.

Tourniquet padding and methods of its use with a tourniquet are provided. The tourniquet padding comprises a soft, compressible material with an interrupted adhesive areas that are applied against the skin. The tourniquet can be made with and without an internally positioned padding material. The tourniquet padding has a width wider than the tourniquet to provide an extension of material along the distal edge with adhesive that is applied to the skin, and an overlying layer that is turned onto a...

A padding structure for use in helmets and other athletic equipment. The structure is characterized by a resilient padding arrangement which is adapted to be manufactured in different sizes whereby the equipment can be fit to the requirements of different wearers, and the padding structure is also characterized by the ability to absorb the force of impacts in a highly efficient manner irrespective of the particular fitting requirements. The structure consists of a housing of substantially air-im...

Padding for use with snowboard bindings that alleviate or reduce slippage of the boot when the boot is in the bindings. The padding comprises a structure 10 further comprising a first member 20 having a top side 12 and a bottom side 14 and a second member 22 having a top side 12 and a bottom side 14. The top side 12 is smooth or flat. In other preferred embodiments, the top side 12 is contoured. Further, in some preferred embodiments, the top side 12 has a logo or emblem. The bottom side 14 has ...

A rack for holding a stack of paper sheets during formation of a pad from the sheets, and including a base on which the stack of sheets are placed, and means for locating predetermined edges of the sheets in aligned relation and then clamping the stack against the base to hold the edges in such aligned and adjacent positions while adhesive is applied to the edges to form the stack into a pad. Preferably, a single dual purpose locating and retaining structure is movable between a first position i...

Tourniquet padding and methods of its use with a tourniquet are provided. The tourniquet padding comprises a cover sheet with at least one surface having anti-slip properties, and can be made with and without a compressible padding material disposed on the cover sheet. The tourniquet padding has a length sufficient to be wrapped around a limb of a person, and a width wider than the tourniquet. The cover sheet can be gathered along the proximal edge to accommodate a range of circumferences of ext...

An improved padding press adapted for convenient and relatively rapid padding of continuously variable sizes of paper, is disclosed. The padding press includes a base which incorporates a blower assembly for forced movement of heated air. A support board assembly, including a main support board, is slideably positioned on a top surface of the base and is adapted to occupy at least one predetermined fixed position thereon. An adjusting board is removably attachable to the base into a position whe...

A boundary macroblock of a video object is padded without significant synchronization overhead between a host processor and an existing coprocessor. The host processor determines horizontal and vertical graphics primitives as a function of shape data stored in a host memory. The shape data determine whether a dot, a line, or a rectangle primitive should be used to pad transparent pixels in the macroblock. The host processor communicates the primitives to a coprocessor, which renders the primitiv...

This invention is an improved padding used by athletes and others to prevent or greatly reduce the instances of injury due to blows to the body and its appendages, particularly to the more boney parts thereof such as knees, elbow, shoulders, thighs, hips, and the like. This is accomplished through the utilization of non-metallic spring means encapsulated in a vinyl type material with air pockets formed therebetween with cross-stress means for additional protection.

A padding machine is provided for angularly variable attachment to a mobile ground carrier having a hopper into which soil is placed, a vibratory feeder and screen receiving soil from the hopper, a chute receiving screened soil from the vibratory screen and feeder to deliver the same as padding on a pipeline within a ditch and a power source driving the vibratory feeder and screen.