Patent ID: 7398559
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: A41D,A42C

Abstract:
1. A head band device for protecting a wearer's eyes from perspiration from the wearer's forehead, comprising: a substantially nonabsorbent band comprising a front band portion, a first side band portion, and a second side band portion; and a gutter structure extending from an outer surface of the band, the gutter structure comprising a gutter base and a gutter lip, the gutter base and the gutter lip being substantially nonabsorbent, the gutter structure in combination with the front band portion and at least part of the first and second side band portions forming a perspiration channel with a generally U-shaped cross-section, the gutter structure being continuous as it extends beginning from the first side band portion, entirely along the front band portion, and terminating to the second side band portion, the gutter base having a first thickness at a central portion thereof, and the gutter base having a second thickness at end portions thereof, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and wherein the gutter base slopes from the central portion downward toward the end portions thereof, transitioning from the first thickness to the second thickness.