Patent ID: 6760920
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A perspiration-absorbing pad operative in an underarm site of use in an upper torso garment,A. said upper torso garment site of use comprising: 1. an upper torso garment having in a side at a shoulder location a circular edge bounding an inner sleeve opening 2. an open-ended cylindrical body having one end opening connected in an attaching seam to said inner sleeve opening with said cylindrical body in extending relation therefrom bounding an arm-covering sleeve terminating in an outer sleeve opening bounded by said cylindrical body opposite end opening; and 3. effective for receiving in projected relation therethrough an arm of a user so as to position said sleeve with said front and rear arm-covering body areas thereof in adjacent relation to respective front and rear areas of a user's arm; and B. said perspiration-absorbing pad comprising: 1. a cooperating pair of semi-circular shaped plies joined at arcuate confronting edges, 2. an operative position of said pad in a straddling relation incident to adhesive securement of said arcuate edges at a central location to said sleeve attaching seam for disposing one said ply in said sleeve and said other ply in said upper torso garment, 3. plural foldable pleats formed in an unfolded condition in a radial orientation centrally in said plies extending from said arcuate edges to peripheral edges thereof; whereby degrees of movement of said user's arm in said sleeve causes a sleeve-pulling urging in movement of said sleeve rear in contact against said pad ply in said sleeve and said pleats on said contacted sleeve ply undergo closing movement to contribute to minimal resistance to arm movement.