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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFIQR
WILLIE A. BOYNTON, OF NEWCASTLE, TEXAS.
COTTON-PICKER'S KNEE-PAD.1,090,446.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 17, 1914.
Application filed January 24, 1913. Serial No. 743,902.To all whom.&it may concern:.
Be it known that I, WILLIE A. BOYNTON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Newcastle, in the county of Young and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Cotton - Pickers'
Knee - Pads, of which the following is a
specification.
My invention relates to knee pads and
10 particularly to knee pads especially adapted
for cotton pickers' use.
The principal object of my invention is
to provide such a knee pad as will afford
in a simple and practical device the maxi-
15 mum of comfort for the wearer.
I have illustrated an exemplification of
my invention in the accompanying draw-
ing, in which:
. Figure 1 is a- side elevation of the device
20 applied to the knee of a wearer. Fig. 2 is
a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a trans-
verse section thereof.
Referring more particularly to the draw-
ings, reference character 1 designates a sub-
25 stantially U-shaped pneumatic tube, circular
in cross section, the closed ends of which
are, in this instance, rounded. The tube 1
is provided with a valve 2 in one end so
that the tube may be inflated by means of
30 the breath or a pump, as convenient. The
pneumatic tube forms an ideal cushion for
the knee while the weight of the body is sup-
ported thereon, and constitutes the chief
feature of my invention.
35 I provide a base-piece 3 of leather or
ether material provided with an upturned
edge 4 of substantially U-shape, to which
the tube 1 is secured by means of a lacing
6 threaded through said edge 4 and a loose
40 flange or flap 5 provided on the outer periph-
ery of said tube 1 and, in this instance, in-
tegral therewith. The tube 1 is thus held{
in proper position.
To protect the device from wear I prefer-
45 ably provide a metal plate 7 provided with
an upturned edge 8 of corresponding U-shape, which is secured to the base-piece 3
by the rivets 9 or in any other suitable man-
ner. The plate 7 contacts with the ground
and takes up the normal wear, besides serv- 50
ing to hold the parts in more rigid correla-
tion.
A pair of buckle straps 10 fitted with
buckles .11 are attached to the edge 4 of
the base piece 3 at spaced intervals on one 55,
side thereof in any suitable manner, and a
pair of apertured straps 12 are similarly se-
cured to- the other side of the edge 4. The
straps 10 and 12 serve ,to secure the device
to the leg of the wearer below the knee, as 60
illustrated in Fig. 1.
It will be noted that the device may be
easily disassembled for replacement of a
worn tube 1 by removing the lacing 6.
My improved pneumatic knee pad affords 65
largely increased resilience over an ordinary
stuffed pad.
The details of construction maybe varied
within the scope of. the following claims.
I claim: 70
1. In a knee pad, a metal shoe having up-
turned marginal portions, -a leather base
member fitting in the shoe and having mar-
ginal portions projecting above the margin
of the shoe, a pneumatic tube mounted in 75
the base and attached thereto, and straps se-
'cured to the projecting marginal portions of
the base.
2. In a knee pad, a metal shoe having up-
turned marginal portions, a leather base 80
member secured in. the shoe, a pneumatic
tube disposed in the base, a range project-
ing from the tube longitudinally thereof,
means for detachably securing the flange
'to the base, and straps secured to the base. 85
In testimony whereof I have signed my
name to this specification in the presence
of two subscribing witnesses.
WILLIE A. BOYNTON.
Witnesses:
W. McCLATOn,
S. R. CEAWFORD.
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Boynton, Willie A. Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad, patent, March 17, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859346/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.