Abstract: A protective shoulder pad which is adapted to be worn on either the right or left shoulder of a wearer for supporting a load, and which includes a protective pad having a band forming an underarm loop connected adjacent one side thereof, and a pair of body straps connected adjacent the opposite side of the protective pad with the free ends of the body strap having complementary fastening means for securing the free ends of the body straps in a readily releasable manner so that when worn, one arm of the wearer is slipped through the underarm loop with the body strap being diagonally extended along the back and front of the wearer so that the free ends are secured in a readily releasable manner on the front of the wearer.

Abstract: A padded ski carrying device consisting of a rectangular body composed of a flexible and pliable material into which is sewn a foam rubber or synthetic material pad. The body of the invention is flat, with two hook strips of a hook and pile fastener sewn along the edge and perpendicular to one short end of the rectangular body, and parallel to the longitudinal edges of the rectangular body of the device. The body consists of two sides: a bottom (interior) side and a top (exterior) side. The two hook strips face in the same direction as the bottom (interior) side of the device when the device is open (not wrapped around and securing a pair of skis) and lying flat. Sewn onto the top (exterior) of the device, at the short end of the rectangular body of the device, opposite the end onto which are sewn the two hook strips, are two pile strips of a hook and pile fastener, sewn facing outward from the top (exterior) of the device and parallel to the longitudinal edges of the device.