Patent ID: 8296866

Claim:
A sweatband for wrapping around a wearer's head, the sweatband comprising: a) a seal band molded from a soft, pliable, non-absorbent rubber composition to conform to the shape of the wearer's head; the seal band having: a) an elongated base band with terminating free ends, the base band being of continuously integral unitary molded construction along its entire length between said terminating free ends, the base band being sized to wrap lengthwise entirely around the wearer's head wherein said terminating free ends are separable from one another and are sized to overlap one another at the back of the wearer's head, the base band having a continuously extending outside surface between said terminating ends, the base band having a continuously extending upper edge between said terminating free ends, the base band having a continuously extending center length for wrapping along the wearer's forehead to behind the wearer's ears, the base band having an inside surface corresponding to said center length and extending to seal against the wearer's forehead and to behind the wearer's ears; and b) an upwardly opening channel that is integrally molded on the outside of the base band to catch sweat as it drips down the wearer's forehead and carry the sweat to behind the wearer's ears; the upwardly opening channel extending continuously lengthwise along the center length of the base band and terminating in open ends proximate the free ends of the base band for positioning behind the wearer's ears; the channel including a first portion extending perpendicularly from the base band outside surface, wherein the channel first portion angles toward the outside surface proximate the open ends of the channel, to blend into the outside surface