This is interesting. Paul J. Krueger pad
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1209726
The chamber is provided to accommodate the rubber or other pneumatic tube, which has a filling valve, and may be placed in the chamber through the opening formed by the flange of the inner casing. This pneumatic tube, in connection with the leather, forms the cushion or pad to absorb the shocks of recoil.

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