Patent ID: 6237150
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A41B

Abstract:
A disposable bib device, said device comprising:a panel having a front side, back side, bottom edge, a top edge, and a pair of side edges, said panel having a top layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer, said top layer comprising a relatively porous material, said middle layer comprising a relatively absorbent material, said bottom layer comprising a relatively non-porous material, said panel having a neck opening for receiving the neck of a wearer while being worn by the wearer, said neck opening defined by an opening edge and being positioned generally adjacent to said top edge;wherein a channel extends through said panel from said neck opening to said top edge for passing the neck of a wearer through said channel when putting on and removing said panel from the neck of a wearer, said channel being defined by a pair of opposed edges, each of said opposed edges extending radially from said neck opening to said top edge, said opposed edges being oriented on said panel with a first one of said opposed edges being positioned at an angle with respect to a second one of said opposed edges when said panel is laid flat such that bringing said opposed edges together tends to form an upper portion of said panel a substantially frusta-conical shape tapering narrower toward said neck opening.