Pad devices disposed between a lift sling and a load and permitting relative sliding motion between the load and the sling without the load and sling being in direct engagement and thereby avoid and/or minimize damage to the sling and to the load.

There is described a suction pad presenting a lifting surface whose effective area can be altered to suit the size and shape of article to be lifted.

My invention provides a reusable cushioned pad with extending tapes for securing the pads to a person. The extending tape means are provided with self securing holding means when the tapes are overlapped and pressed together. The tapes are released from holding condition by separating the tapes and may be repeatedly used to secure the pads to a person without deterioration of the holding quality of the holding means. Secured at the ends of the tapes are tabs that are adapted to repeated use to o...

The press pad comprises a layer of felted high heat resistant fibrous material impregnated with high heat resistant resilient material. Stitched to one side of said layer is a sheet of loosely woven high heat resistant cloth impregnated with high heat resistant material. A cover cloth of closely woven high heat resistant material impregnated with high heat resistant material may be stitched to said woven sheet in covering relation thereto. The press pad may be attached to the buck or head of a p...

A roller pad consisting of one or more soft and flexible cylinders arranged parallel and connected together at one end, the other end tapering to a point, the assembly being secured to the roller by means of a clip running above and parallel with the cylinders.

An incontinence pad is made up from several layers. Uppermost is a permeable membrane, followed in descending order by a thin absorbent layer, an impervious layer, a thick absorbent layer and a base impervious layer. The central impervious layer has a window therein to allow the majority of fluid to pass to the thick absorbent layer, which is preferably impregnated with a colloid.

A method and apparatus for forming discrete length strip members each composed of a plurality of laterally interconnected items, and collating those strip members into a plurality of pads of items. A supply source of elongate material is supported by support means and fed along a feed path past longitudinal and transverse cutting means which, respectively, progressively longitudinally cut the elongate material into a plurality of material strips, and intermittently transversely cut the material ...

A rail pad comprises a membrane (3) from opposite faces of which there project protrusions (4, 5), which may be ribs, possibly extending along the pad, perhaps over its whole length, or studs. The protrusions are such that no line perpendicular to the membrane passes through more than one of the protrusions. The pad is such that it is stiffer on one side than the other, for example because the ratio between the total area of protruding material and the total area of membrane free of protrusions ...

A protective leg pad for an athletic participant, such as a hockey goalie or the like, is described. The pad includes a thigh section, a knee section, a shin section, and a foot section. Each of the sections includes a front portion and first and second side portions appended to the front portion. Each side portion extends from a respective opposite lateral edge of the front portions and forms therewith a recess for accommodating the wearer's leg. Each of the front and side portions comprises a ...

A knee pad has a flat bottomed support dimensioned to underlie the kneecap and a substantial adjacent length of the tibia. The support has a cushioned concavity for the knee and a channel for the lower leg which is inclined upwardly away from the plane of the flat bottom and towards the foot. The channel terminates in a fork disposed to straddle the instep of the shoe on that foot. The depth of the concavity is such that at least the greater part of the wearer's weight is borne by the tibia. The...