Folding sweatband with interior compartment
OwnerB. Joan Giardinventor
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A sweatband is made at least partially of towel fabric, and may be composed of two, three, or more plies (20, 90, 170) of fabric. Fabric material is cut, sewed, and folded to a shape adapted to provide an interior portion for carrying small articles and/or for cleaning or drying other articles. The interior portion of some embodiments has a laterally-opening pocket (100) which is folded longitudinally along a fold line (40) when in use. Other embodiments have an elastic strip (160) which folds transversely inside a fold connecting two side portions. The elastic strip (160) provides an expandable opening for inserting fingers. The elastic strip may be attached to the interior portion of the sweatband at one or more intermediate places along the length of the elastic strip, to define separate loops (225) for two or more individual fingers. Fasteners (140, 150), such as hook-and-loop fastener strips at the two ends, provide for connecting the ends to make a closed loop to fit a wrist. The fasteners are adapted to allow accommodation to various wrist sizes. Other types of fasteners such as buttons with buttonholes, zippers, and the like may also be used. The particular shape of some embodiments is also adapted to allow free motion of a joint of the user's limb: slanted or curvilinear shapes at the two ends (50, 60) cooperate to form a notch (130) when the two ends are fastened together. In use, the notch (1:50) may be positioned to be adjacent to a joint of the user's limb, or adjacent to the user's forearm or calf.
A sweatband to be worn by a user, comprising:
A sweatband to be worn by a user, comprising:
A sweatband to be worn by a user, comprising:
A sweatband to be worn by a user, comprising:
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