EP 0570193 B1 19970102 - A rucksack shoulder pad
Title (en)
A rucksack shoulder pad
Title (de)
Schulterpolster für einen Rucksack
Title (fr)
Coussinet d'épaule pour sac à dos
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9210128 A 19920511
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0570193A1] A shoulder pad for a rucksack harness is disclosed, which includes an elongate foamed plastics element (10) having one or more webs (12) of relatively stiff plastics material mounted onto one surface thereof, which surface is in use remote from the user's body. The pad includes a plurality of elongate strips (18, 20) of relatively stiff plastics material arranged side by side longitudinally of the foamed plastics element, with a gap or respective gaps (14, 16) therebetween. When such a shoulder pad is used on a rucksack the area of load transmission is increased, thus permitting increased comfort of the user and/or increased load capacity. The provision of the plurality of elongate strips helps to spread the load and additionally allows for flexibility of the shoulder pads. The elongate strips with intervening gap(s) may be provided in a region of the shoulder pad which is intended to be bent over the top of the shoulder of a user, and/or in a region of the shoulder pad which is intended to overlie the upper scapular region of a user, where a capability of transverse flexure of the pad is useful to suit users of different breadth of back. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A45F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A45F 3/12 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE DK FR GB IE IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0570193 A1 19931118; EP 0570193 B1 19970102; DE 69307014 D1 19970213; DE 69307014 T2 19970626; DK 0570193 T3 19970512; GB 9210128 D0 19920624
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 93303634 A 19930511; DE 69307014 T 19930511; DK 93303634 T 19930511; GB 9210128 A 19920511