Patent ID: 8011017

Claim:
A neck-protective member for being worn by a wearer around the wearer's neck to reduce chafe from the neck aperture of a wetsuit or similar garment, comprising: a neck band portion cut from a flat sheet of a polychloroprene rubber material having a smooth, low friction surface, shaped to conform to the wearer's neck when the ends of the band member are joined to another, forming a seam, with said smooth, low friction surface in contact with the wearer's neck when worn, so as to be adhered to the wearer's skin when wet and keep the neck-protective member in place, and a skirt portion comprising two members cut from a flat sheet of polychloroprene rubber material having a high friction surface and joined to one another and to said neck band portion at seams, such that said high friction surface is in contact with the wearer's shoulders and is not adhered thereto, whereby in use said neck band portion fits around the wearer's neck and said skirt portion fits over the wearer's shoulders, such that said neck band portion protrudes from the neck aperture of the garment, preventing chafe.