padded material which provides the desired protection against injury the system readily attaches in a non destructive fashion to any size fireplace hearth and compensates for dimensional irregularities in the hearth itself in addition to providing protection against concussive injury the hearth pad of the invention provides fire prevention benefit by presenting an additional barrier to sparks and flaming embers escaping from the fireplace and igniting furniture or rugs application_number US 65060191 A description referring now to fig1 of the drawings is shown the padded frame assembly pf of the first embodiment of the invention comprising the frame assembly f and the overlying padding p the frame assembly f can be constructed of any suitable substantially rigid material however appropriate gauge sheet metal is preferred corner members 10 and 12 of the frame assembly f of the invention are unitary structures with vertical and horizontal right angled walls and opposing inner 24 and 26 and outer 28 and 30 surfaces with the inner surfaces to enclose the front vertical edges 14 and 16 and the receding top edges 18 and 20 at the exposed corners of the fireplace hearth h the corner members 10 and 12 can be dimensioned as desired to be attachable to a range of fireplace hearth depths and heights but must not exceed the depth and height of the fireplace hearth on which they are to be used the front member assembly 32 of the frame assembly.