Protective wrist band

Claim 1

Device for protecting a wearer's wrist, comprising a flexible, resilient open-ended band that has a composite structure including an inner layer of a porous, absorbent fibrous fabric material, and a substantially thicker outer layer of a resilient, liquid-impervious closed-cell rubber-like material; a first connector element being affixed to one end of said band and a complementary second connector element affixed to the opposite ned of said band, said first and second connectors being releasably fastenable to each other so as to secure said band around the user's wrist; and wherein said first connector element comprises a strip of hook type fasteners that extends around the edge of the first end of said band so as to provide portions on the inside and outside of said first end, and said second connector element comprises a first strip of loop type fasteners secured to said opposite band end and a second strip of loop type fasteners that are hingedly secured adjacent said first strip, whereby connection of said first and second elements brings said inside portions of said hook type strip into engagement with said first strip of loop type fasteners and brings said outside portions into engagement with said second loop type strip.