Single use sweat band

An elongate sweat band releasably formable into an annular mode for positional maintenance on a portion of the human body to absorb and prevent the passage of perspiration, comprising in combination:

• an elongate flexible cover having first inner and second outer surface elements of similar rectilinear configuration, with longer side edges of the first inner surface element joined to the longer side edges of the second outer surface element and the adjacent surfaces of the shorter end portions of each surface element joined to form opposed end tabs so that the cover defines an enclosed chamber, the first inner surface element formed of perspiration permeable fabric material and the second outer surface element formed of sheet plastic material impermeable to perspiration, and the outer surface element of said cover carrying a band of elastic material positioned medially between the longer side edges and adhered to said outer surface element, said elastic material being placeable in an extrudable form and shrinkable upon curing to create tension in the cover when in extended condition;
• hook and pile fastening means carried by opposite sides of each end tab to releasably fasten the opposed end tabs to each other to form an annular cylinder-like structure;
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• absorbing material carried in the chamber defined by the cover to absorb perspiration, said absorbing material comprising cotton lint admixed with up to thirty percent by weight of polyacrylonitrile grafted onto a starch substrata.