Cushioned pad for use in jewelry boxes and method of making same

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING A STIFF POLYGONAL BACKBOARD, AND A FLEXIBLE SIMILARLY SHAPED COVERING MATERIAL APPLIED TO ONE SURFACE THEREOF, SAID COVERING MATERIAL BEING LARGER THAN THE BACKBOARD BY A MARGIN EXTENDING THROUGHOUT ITS PERIPHERY, SAID MARGIN COMPRISING SIDE PORTIONS FOLDED OVER THE SIDES OF THE BACKBOARD AND CORNER PORTIONS FOLDED OVER THE CONERS OF THE BACKBOARD, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE EXCESS FULLNESS OF THE COVERING MATERIAL AT EACH CORNER JOINING THE SIDE PORTIONS IS GATHERED IN THE FORM OF A SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULAR MULTIPLE FOLD SITUATED INTERMEDIATE THE CONVERGING EDGES AT THAT CORNER. FIG -01

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING A CUSHIONED PAD COMPRISING FORMING A POLYGONAL BACKBOARD, APPLYING OVER THE BACKBOARD A SIMILARLY SHAPED PIECE OF COVERING MATERIAL WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE BACKBOARD BY A MARGIN EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY, BENDING THE MARGINAL MATERIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EDGE FACES OF THE BACKBOARD EXCEPT FOR THE EXCESS MATERIAL AT THE CORNERS WHICH IS LEFT UNCONSTRAINED, FOLDING THE UNCONSTRAINED CORNER MATERIAL INWARDLY IN THE FORM OF A PLEAT OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE BACKBOARD WHILE THE INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL IS HELD CONSTRAINED AND THEREAFTER FOLDING THE INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BACKBOARD AND TUCKING THE PORTIONS THEREOF ADJACENT THE CORNER BENEATH SAID PLEATS.