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US 8,011,018 B2Granted
Garment protector
OwnerGabriella Trespalaciosinventor
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Abstract
A garment protector is configured to absorb moisture and to thereby preserve a garment of a user. The garment protector can have a pad attached to the garment. The pad can absorb moisture and reduce or prevent moisture from staining the garment. The garment protector can have multiple layers to perform these functions. The garment protector can have one or more application channels. The application channel can span a seam and the associated cross-stitching of a garment so as not to add bulk at the seam that a pad would if over the seam.
Claims20
A garment protector for preserving a piece of clothing comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- and
- first, second, third and fourth layered sections, each layered section comprising:
- a comfort layer;
- an absorbent layer;
- and
- an adhesive layer;
- wherein the first channel separates the first and second layered sections from the third and fourth layered sections and the second channel separates the first and fourth layered sections from the second and third layered sections, the channels being flexible and having a thickness less than the thickness of the layered sections;
- wherein the first channel is wider than the second channel.
7 more elements
A garment protector for preserving a piece of clothing comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- and
- first, second, third and fourth absorbent sections;
- wherein the first channel separates the first and second absorbent sections from the third and fourth absorbent sections and the second channel separates the first and fourth absorbent sections from the second and third absorbent sections, the channels being flexible and having a thickness less than the thickness of the absorbent sections and a width that allows at least one of the channels to span a cross-stitching of a seam in the piece of clothing so as not to add to the bulk at the seam that one of the absorbent sections would if over the seam;
- wherein the first and second channels are a single layer.
3 more elements
A garment protector for preserving a piece of clothing comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- and
- first, second, third and fourth absorbent sections;
- wherein the first channel separates the first and second absorbent sections from the third and fourth absorbent sections and the second channel separates the first and fourth absorbent sections from the second and third absorbent sections, the channels being flexible and having a thickness less than the thickness of the absorbent sections and a width that allows at least one of the channels to span a cross-stitching of a seam in the piece of clothing so as not to add to the bulk at the seam that one of the absorbent sections would if over the seam;
- wherein the first channel is wider than the second channel.
3 more elements
A garment protector for preserving a garment comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- and
- a pad for absorbing moisture in an underarm area of the garment;
- wherein the first channel is configured to attach to the garment along a first seam between an arm and a body of the garment, the first channel spanning the first seam such that the pad is on either side of the first seam but not on the first seam;
- and
- wherein the second channel is configured to attach to the garment at a second seam, the second seam being along the arm of the garment and at a third seam, the third seam being along the body of the garment, the second channel spanning the second and third seams such that the pad is on either side of the second and third seams but not on the second or third seams;
- wherein the first channel is wider than the second channel and the first and second channels are thinner than the pad.
5 more elements
A garment protector for preserving a piece of clothing comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- first, second, third and fourth layered sections, each layered section comprising:
- a comfort layer;
- an absorbent layer;
- and
- an adhesive layer;
- wherein the first channel separates the first and second layered sections from the third and fourth layered sections and the second channel separates the first and fourth layered sections from the second and third layered sections, the channels being flexible and having a thickness less than the thickness of the layered sections;
- further comprising a boundary layer, wherein the boundary layer comprises a thin flexible plastic layer and the adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive backing on the boundary layer and a second adhesive backing on the first and second channels, wherein the second adhesive backing is more adhesive than the first.
6 more elements
A garment protector for preserving a piece of clothing comprising:
- a first channel;
- a second channel;
- and
- first, second, third and fourth layered sections, each layered section comprising:
- a comfort layer;
- an absorbent layer;
- and
- an adhesive layer;
- wherein the first channel separates the first and second layered sections from the third and fourth layered sections and the second channel separates the first and fourth layered sections from the second and third layered sections, the channels being flexible and having a thickness less than the thickness of the layered sections;
- wherein the first and second channels are a single layer.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.