Patent ID: 8931117
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A sweatband, comprising: a substantially diamond shaped piece of fabric including upper and lower edges, each of the upper and lower edges having opposing tapering ends; wherein the substantially diamond shaped fabric has a height greater in a central portion between the upper and lower edges than a height at a non-central portion between the upper and lower edges of the fabric; overcast stitches on the opposing tapering ends of the upper and lower edges of the fabric; an upper and lower fold in the fabric forming upper and lower folded outer edges along at least a portion of the upper and lower edges of the sweatband, wherein the at least a portion of the upper and lower edges are folded toward one another by way of the upper and lower folds, a center seam connecting the upper and lower edges folded toward one another; wherein the center seam is provided between the overcast stitches, and wherein stitches forming the center seam are provided without overlapping the overcast stitches; wherein the stitches forming the center seam are provided in the upper and lower edges of the fabric at flat areas thereof, the upper and lower edges being generally parallel to a centerline of the piece of fabric at the flat areas; and wherein the upper and lower folded outer edges of the sweatband have a height greater in the central portion between the upper and lower folded outer edges than a height at the non-central portion between the upper and lower edges of the fabric.