Patent ID: 6826779
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A device for protecting the arm of a user wearing a shirt, comprising:a) a protective sleeve made of a pre-selected protective fabric, the sleeve being extendible between a retracted position and an extended position, the sleeve being shaped and sized to envelop a user's lower arm when the sleeve is in the extended position, the protective sleeve having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end having a hand opening sized to allow the users hand to extend therethrough; and b) a tubular fabric pouch sized to extend around the user's upper arm, the pouch being shaped to provide a circumferentially extending storage cavity for storing the protective sleeve when the protective sleeve is in the retracted position, the pouch having cavity closure means for releasably closing the storage cavity when the protective sleeve is stored inside, and shirt attachment means for attaching the pouch to an upper arm portion of the user's shirt, wherein the upper end of the protective sleeve is affixed to an inner portion of the pouch.