Patent ID: 8850617
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A42C

Abstract:
1. A sweatband configured for attachment to an interior surface of a headwear for absorbing liquid from a head of a wearer of the headwear and including a side surface configured for disposition opposite to the head of the wearer when the sweatband is attached to the interior surface of the headwear and the headwear is being worn by the wearer, the side surface comprising: a plurality of pairs of spaced-apart successive head contacting domains, wherein at least a respective portion of each one of the spaced-apart successive head contacting domains of each one of the plurality of pairs of spaced-apart successive head contacting domains is configured to contact the head of the wearer when the headwear is worn on a human head; a plurality of channels, wherein each one of the plurality of channels is configured to facilitate air flow between a space above the sweatband and a space below the sweatband when the headwear is worn on a human head, wherein at least one of the plurality of channels extends to and through a lower side edge of the sweatband to and through an upper side edge of the sweatband, wherein there is provided an upper edge portion of the upper side edge of the sweatband including an upper edge portion length measured along the upper edge portion, and a plurality of successive channel ports, each one of the plurality of channel ports is spaced apart from one another, and each one of the plurality of channel ports opens into the space disposed above the upper edge portion of the sweatband and effects fluid communication between the space disposed above the sweatband and a respective one of the plurality of channels, and wherein each one of at least two of the plurality of channel ports opens into the space disposed above the upper edge portion of the sweatband and effects fluid communication between the space disposed above the sweatband and a respective one of at least two of the plurality of channels, each of the at least two of the plurality of channels being interconnected with at least an other one of the plurality of channels by intersecting at a location between the upper side edge of the sweatband and the lower side edge of the sweatband.