Inflatable pad

Claim 1

An inflatable cushion pad for golf bag shoulder straps, or the like, comprising a flexible pocket portion, a flexible air chamber portion integrally attached along said pocket portion in juxtaposition, said air chamber portion having a plurality of end to end compartments in fluid communication with each other and bendable between said compartments, means mounted in the wall of said air chamber portion to inflate same, said pocket portion is an elongated hollow pocket open on the ends thereof, said air chamber portion extends along said pocket portion substantially covering a face of said inflatable pad, said air chamber portion is substantially the same length as said pocket portion, said means to inflate is a valve means through a wall of said air chamber portion, said valve means being openable for inflation or deflation of said air chamber portion, said air chamber portion being adapted to be positioned on one face of a strap when same is placed in said pocket portion, said pocket portion being adapted to fit around said strap in a close fitting relation when said air chamber portion is in an inflated condition, said plurality of compartments being separated by a plurality of seams transverse to said elongated pocket portion forming said compartments of substantially equal size, said inflatable pad being constructed and adapted to in use receive said strap in said pocket portion to have said plurality of compartments of said air chamber portion inflated and to be used having said air chamber portion positioned between said strap and a person and shaped to the contour of same to cushion the force of said strap when moved in contact with said person, said pad is inhibited from moving along the length of said strap by frictional engagement with said pocket and by inflation of said air chamber.