Accessory pad for use on football shoulder pads

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A SHOULDER PAD INCLUDING A PAIR OF BODY PROTECTIVE PORTIONS, SHOULDER CAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY PROTECTIVE PORTIONS, AND EPAULETS COMPRISING RELATIVELY HARD AND STIFF SHELLS OF PREDETERMINED SHAPE CONNECTED TO THE BODY PROTECTIVE PORTIONS BY FLEXIBLE HINGES AND OVERLYING PORTIONS OF BOTH THE BODY PROTECTIVE PORTIONS AND SHOULDER CAPS, ACCESSORY PADS FOR COVERING THE NORMALLY EXPOSED OUTER SURFACES OF SAID EPAULETS AND COMPRISING WEAR RESISTANT AND RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE COVERS FOR THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID PADS SHAPED TO CONFORM APPROXIMATELY TO THE EDGE CONTOURS OF THE EPAULETS AND INCLUDING LAYERS OF FLEXIBLE AND RELATIVELY RESILIENT MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE COVERS, FLEXIBLE MEANS SECURED TO SAID ACCESSORY PADS AND EXTENDING FROM A MAJOR PORTION OF THE PERIPHERIES THEREOF FOR EMBRACING THE EDGES OF SAID EPAULETS AND MARGINAL REGIONS OF THE SURFACES OF THE EPAULETS OPPOSITE THOSE WHICH THE COVERS OVERLAY, DRAWSTRINGS AND MEANS AT THE MARGINS OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS RECEIVING SAID DRAWSTRINGS FOR SECURING SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS AND COVERS IN PLACE ON THE EPAULETS, SAID DRAWSTRINGS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE EPAULETS AND SAID FLEXIBLE HINGES NEAR THE MARGINS OF THE EPAULETS.