Patent ID: 7941868

Claim:
A collar protector comprising: a generally circular thin sheet of flexible water-impervious material; said generally circular sheet having a peripheral edge and a diameter of approximately between 1.5 feet and 2.0 feet; said peripheral edge defining a first slit extending radially inward and leading to the vertex of a generally triangular cutout; a pair of front flaps, each flap defined by a portion of said peripheral edge and internal edges defining a boundary along said slit and said cutout; a plurality of second slits forming a plurality of generally triangular flaps disposed in the central region of said circular sheet; and whereby said collar protector is deployed in covering relation on a collar by folding said triangular flaps downward over the top and inner portion of the collar, and securing said front flaps in overlapping relation over the front of the wearer to provide a water impervious structure to prevent liquid from contacting the collar.