Patent Publication Number: US-10765152-B2

Title: Garment cuff protection device

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to garment accessories and more particularly pertains to a new garment accessory for preventing soiling of cuffs. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that is flexible. A coupler is coupled to a first face of the panel and is configured to removably couple the panel to an interior surface of a cuff of a sleeve of a garment. The panel is configured to prevent soiling of the cuff. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of a garment cuff protection device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new garment accessory embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the garment cuff protection device  10  generally comprises a panel  12  that is flexible. The panel  12  is substantially rectangularly shaped, as shown in  FIG. 1 . The panel  12  comprises fabric, cotton, cotton-polyester blend, or the like. 
     A coupler  14  is coupled to a first face  16  of the panel  12 . The coupler  14  is configured to removably couple the panel  12  to an interior surface  18  of a cuff  20  of a sleeve  22  of a garment  24 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . The panel  12  is configured to prevent soiling of the cuff  20 , as can occur when the cuff  20  contacts skin and jewelry. The panel  12  prevents oil and sweat from transferring from the skin and the jewelry, such as a watch and a bracelet, to the cuff  20 . The panel  12  has the potential to decrease the required frequency of laundering or dry cleaning of the garment  24 . The present invention is anticipated to be particularly useful with a garment  24  having cuffs  20  that are French style. 
     The present invention anticipates the panel  12  being colored or patterned to match or complement to the cuff  20 . 
     The coupler  14  comprises an adhesive  26 , as shown in  FIG. 2 . A sheet  28 , which comprises wax-coated paper  30 , is removably coupled to the adhesive  26 , as shown in  FIG. 2 . The sheet  28  is configured to be separated from the adhesive  26  to expose the adhesive  26 . The adhesive  26  is configured to couple to the interior surface  18  of the cuff  20  to removably couple the panel  12  to the cuff  20 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     In use, the sheet  28  is removed from the adhesive  26  so that the adhesive  26  is configured to couple to the interior surface  18  of the cuff  20  to removably couple the panel  12  to the cuff  20 . The panel  12  is configured to prevent soiling of the cuff  20 , as can occur when the cuff  20  contacts skin and jewelry. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.