Detachable disposable sweatband

Claim 1

A detachable disposable sweatband, for aftermarket attachment to clothing such as a sweatband in an existing item of headwear for protection of the eyes, face and other body parts of a wearer and surrounding regions of a wearer against sweat from the head and forehead, comprising: a central core of highly absorbent material shaped as a flat band; at least two layers of fluff pulp, disposed in a manner to substantially surround said central core of highly absorbent material with at least one layer of fluff pulp on each side thereof: at least two layers of tissue, disposed in a manner to substantially surround the fluff pulp with at least one layer of tissue on each side, forming a composite core; a sheath of flexible and stretchable water-pervious material surrounding said composite core forming a band having a length approximating that of said central core; and interfacing means for removably attaching said sweatband to a headband in an item of headwear.

Claim 10

A method of fabricating a detachable disposable sweatband, for aftermarket attachment to clothing such as a sweatband in an existing item of headwear for protection of the eyes, face and other body parts of a wearer and surrounding regions of a wearer against sweat from the head and forehead, comprising the steps of: (a) providing, in roll form, a composite strip having at least a highly absorptive core layer and a water-pervious sheath layer, continuously fed into a folding process; (b) in the folding process, continuously folding two opposite edges of the composite strip over in a manner to enclose the core layer within the sheath layer, so as to form a band with the core layer surrounded by the sheath layer with opposite edges of the core layer and the sheath layer brought together at a seam located in a central region on a first side of the band; (c) in a continuous sewing process, stitching the band so as to secure the core layer within the sheath layer; (d) deploying tacky adhesive means in a continuous process onto the first side of the band for removable attachment to the item of clothing such as a sweatband of existing headwear, thus forming a continuous sweatband; and (e) cutting the continuous sweatband into predetermined lengths.

Claim 11

A method of fabricating a detachable disposable sweatband, for aftermarket attachment to clothing such as a sweatband in an existing item of headwear for protection of the eyes, face and other body parts of a wearer and surrounding regions of a wearer against sweat from the head and forehead, comprising the steps of: (a) providing, in roll form, a composite strip having at least a highly absorptive core layer and a water-pervious sheath layer, continuously fed into a folding process; (b) in the folding process, continuously folding two opposite edges of the composite strip over in a manner to enclose the core layer within the sheath layer, so as to form a band with the core layer surrounded by the sheath layer with opposite edges of the core layer and the sheath layer brought together at a seam located in a central region on a first side of the band; (c) in a continuous sewing process, stitching the band so as to secure the core layer within the sheath layer; (d) deploying tacky adhesive means in a continuous process onto the first side of the band for removable attachment to the item of clothing such as a sweatband of existing headwear, thus forming a continuous sweatband; and (e) cutting the continuous sweatband into predetermined lengths.